Semicircular canal size determines the developmental onset of angular vestibuloocular reflexes in larval Xenopus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 8086-8095

  Lambert, François M ^a,b   Beck, James C ^b,c   Baker, Robert ^b   Straka, Hans ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Extraocular; Otolith; Vestibular; Vestibuloocular reflex; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENDOLYMPH; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HAIR CELL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LARVA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORGAN SIZE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 51149114846     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1288-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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