Vestibular signals in primate thalamus: Properties and origins

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 13590-13602

  Meng, Hui ^a   May, Paul J ^b   David Dickman, J ^a   Angelaki, Dora E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar nuclei; Motion; Otolith organs; Semicircular canals; Sensorimotor; Thalamocortical; Translation; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRAVITY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; ROTATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 37249019490     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3931-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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