Adaptation of orientation vectors of otolith-related central vestibular neurons to gravity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1686-1690

  Eron, Julia N ^a   Cohen, Bernard ^a   Raphan, Theodore ^a,b   Yakushin, Sergei B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY POSITION; CENTRAL VESTIBULAR NEURON; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GRAVITY; HEAD; HEAD TILTING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY SENSING; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 57349109908     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90289.2008     Document Type: Article

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