Postlesional Vestibular Reorganization Improves the Gain but Impairs the Spatial Tuning of the Maculo-Ocular Reflex in Frogs

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3736-3749

  Rohregger, Martin ^a   Dieringer, Norbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; DARKNESS; FROG; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE FIBER; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ABDUCENS NERVE INJURY; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EAR, INNER; EPITHELIUM; MOVEMENT; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; RANA TEMPORARIA; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0347382307     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00561.2003     Document Type: Article

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