The evolution of concepts of vestibular peripheral information processing: Toward the dynamic, adaptive, parallel processing macular model

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 784-794

  Ross, Muriel D ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalency principle; Parallel processing; Saccular macula; Synaptic scaling; Utricular macula

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DYNAMICS; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACOUSTIC MACULAE; HAIR CELLS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0141860784     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310000719     Document Type: Review

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