Intrinsic and synaptic plasticity in the vestibular system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-390

  Gittis, Aryn H ^a   du Lac, Sascha ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CALCIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DARKNESS; DOWN REGULATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; HUMANS; LEARNING; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE;

EID: 33746580387     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.012     Document Type: Review

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