Development of the vestibular apparatus and central vestibular connections in a wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-286

  McCluskey, S U ^a   Marotte, L R ^b   Ashwell, K W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial; Metatherian; Saccule; Semicircular canals; Utricle; Vestibulospinal

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNER EAR; MACROPUS EUGENII; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; STEREOCILIUM; TEGMENTUM; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GROWTH CONES; MACROPODIDAE; MARSUPIALIA; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 43749116851     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127047     Document Type: Article

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