Latencies of climbing fiber inputs to turtle cerebellar cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1042-1054

  Ariel, Michael ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLIMBING FIBER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERIOR OLIVE; LATENT PERIOD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS; REACTION TIME; TURTLES;

EID: 12544258839     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00132.2004     Document Type: Article

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