Otolith mass asymmetries in the utricle and saccule of flatfish

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Helling, Kai ^a   Scherer, Hans ^a   Hausmann, Stefan ^b   Clarke, Andrew H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KATHARINENHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralisation; Flatfish; Metamorphosis; Otolith asymmetry; Saccule; Utricle

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLATFISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PLEURONECTUS PLATESSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSETTA MAXIMA; SACCULUS; UTRICLE;

ANIMALS; FLATFISHES; FLOUNDER; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE;

EID: 21044442706     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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