Effects of gravity and hydrostatic pressure on angular acceleration coding sensory neurones in the crab and dogfish

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 501, 2002, Pages 269-270

  Fraser, Peter J ^a   Shelmerdine, R L ^a   Findlay, R F ^a   Cruickshank, S F ^a   Macdonald, A G ^a   Tawse, L ^a   Taylor, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; GRAVITATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

EXTRACELLULAR ACTION POTENTIALS; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 0036771179     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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