Convergence of posterior semicircular canal and saccular inputs in single vestibular nuclei neurons in cats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-261

  Sato, H ^a   Imagawa, M ^a   Kushiro, K ^a   Zakir, M ^a   Uchino, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Convergence; Posterior semicircular canal nerve; Saccular nerve; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034105297     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900309     Document Type: Article

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