Afferent innervation of the utricular macula in pigeons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1660-1677

  Si, Xiaohong ^a   Zakir, Mridha M D ^b,c   Dickman, J David ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EVOLUTION; HAIR CELL; MALE; MAMMAL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; UTRICLE;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN STEM; COLUMBIDAE; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0037339036     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00690.2002     Document Type: Article

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