Activity of vestibular nuclei neurons during vestibular and optokinetic stimulation in the alert mouse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1549-1565

  Beraneck, M ^a,b   Cullen, K E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34548806397     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00590.2007     Document Type: Article

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