Complex spike activity in the flocculus signals more than the eye can see

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 978, Issue , 2002, Pages 232-236

  Simpson, J I ^a   Belton, T ^a   Suh, M ^a   Winkelman, B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Climbing fiber; Complex spike; Eye movement; Inferior olive; Optokinetic; Purkinje cell; Rabbit; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CLIMBING FIBER; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; INFERIOR OLIVE; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; RABBIT; SPIKE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036962525     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb07570.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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