Determinants of spatial and temporal coding by semicircular canal afferents

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2359-2370

  Highstein, Stephen M ^a,e   Rabbitt, Richard D ^b,e   Holstein, Gay R ^c,e   Boyle, Richard D ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; FLUID FLOW; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HAIR CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; INNER EAR; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSOR; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LABYRINTHINE FLUIDS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 17644388451     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00533.2004     Document Type: Review

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