Mechanosensitivity of spinal accessory lobe neurons in the pigeon

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Necker, Reinhold ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Lumbosacral spinal cord; Mechanoreception; Sense of equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRAY MATTER; HISTOGRAM; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; GLYCOGEN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036498553     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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