Modelling drug modulation of nystagmus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue , 2008, Pages 527-534

  Glasauer, Stefan ^a,b   Rössert, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience   (Germany)

Author keywords

cerebellum; downbeat; neural integrator; nystagmus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ION CHANNEL;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONDUCTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; GAZE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 49349103927     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00675-4     Document Type: Chapter

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