Bone conducted vibration selectively activates irregular primary otolithic vestibular neurons in the guinea pig

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-267

  Curthoys, Ian S ^a   Kim, Juno ^a   McPhedran, Samara K ^a   Camp, Aaron J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labyrinth; Otolith; Saccular; Semicircular canal; Sound; Utricular; Vestibular; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GUINEA PIG; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SENSORY NERVE; SKULL; SURFACE CHARGE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOTIN; BONE CONDUCTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REACTION TIME; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VESTIBULE; VIBRATION;

EID: 33750330004     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0544-1     Document Type: Article

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