Patterns of canal and otolith afferent input convergence in frog second-order vestibular neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2287-2301

  Straka, H ^a,b   Holler, S ^a   Goto, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Physiologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FROG; HEAD MOVEMENT; INNER EAR; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPECIES; SPIKE; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0036847860     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00370.2002     Document Type: Article

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