Spatial coding capacity of central otolith neurons

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-214

  Chan, Ying Shing ^a   Lai, Chun Hong ^a   Shum, Daisy Kwok Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gravity; Head orientations; Horizontal plane; Vertical plane; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

BRAIN STEM; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; OTOLITH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747602381     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0491-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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