The distribution of otolith polarization vectors in mammals: Comparison between model predictions and single cell recordings

Hearing Research

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-19

  Jaeger, R ^a   Kondrachuk, A V ^b   Haslwanter, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hair cells; Modeling; Otolith; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAIR CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAMMAL; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUIRREL MONKEY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EPITHELIUM; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HAPLORHINI; HEARING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 42649084682     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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