The central vestibular complex in dolphins and humans: Functional implications of deiters' nucleus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-110

  Kern, A ^a   Seidel, K ^a   Oelschlager H H A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central vestibular complex; Cetacea; Deiters' nucleus; Delphinus delphis; Human; Pontoporia blainvillei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; DOLPHINS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LOCOMOTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; SWIMMING; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA; ODONTOCETI; PONTOPORIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

EID: 65449119628     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213646     Document Type: Article

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