Convergence of the anterior semicircular canal and otolith afferents on cat single vestibular neurons

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 407-417

  Zhang, X ^a   Sasaki, M ^a   Sato, H ^a   Meng, H ^a   Bai, R S ^a   Imagawa, M ^a   Uchino, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior semicircular canal; Linear acceleration; Sacculus; Utriculus; Vestibular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REACTION TIME; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0036430303     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1273-8     Document Type: Article

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