Otolith fibers and terminals in chick vestibular nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-37

  Popkatiloff, Anastas ^a   Peusner, Kenna D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocytin labeling; Confocal imaging; Gravity and canal fiber convergence; Saccular and utricular afferents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 33947598913     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21273     Document Type: Article

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