Responses of caudal vestibular nucleus neurons of conscious cats to rotations in vertical planes, before and after a bilateral vestibular neurectomy

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-186

  Miller, D M ^a   Cotter, L A ^a   Gandhi, N J ^a,b,c   Schor, R H ^d   Cass, S P ^e   Huff, N O ^b   Raj, S G ^b   Shulman, J A ^b   Yates, B J ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Otolith organ; Respiration; Vertical semicircular canal; Vestibulo autonomic responses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CAUDAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CATS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DENERVATION; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ROTATION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 45449096847     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1359-z     Document Type: Article

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