Contribution of GABAergic inhibition to the responses of secondary vestibular neurons to head rotation in the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 499-508

  Kato, Rikako ^a   Iwamoto, Yoshiki ^a   Yoshida, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Commissural inhibition; Flocculus; Iontophoretic application; Picrotoxin; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEAD MOVEMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0038504843     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(03)00161-5     Document Type: Article

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