Properties and axonal trajectories of posterior semicircular canal nerve-activated vestibulospinal neurons

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Kushiro, Keisuke ^a   Bai, Rishu ^b   Kitajima, Naoharu ^b   Sugita Kitajima, Akemi ^b,c   Uchino, Yoshio ^b,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Health Service Facility for the Elderly   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Decerebrate; Posterior semicircular canal; Vestibular nuclei; Vestibulospinal reflex; Vestibulospinal tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPEPTIDES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 54049103146     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1503-9     Document Type: Article

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