Impaired perception of gravity leads to altered head direction signals: What can we learn from vestibular-deficient mice?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-14

  Beraneck, M ^a,b   Lambert, F M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR 7060   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; DISORIENTATION; GRAVITY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD TILTING; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; OTOLITH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SHORT SURVEY; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; GRAVITY SENSING; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67649595173     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00351.2009     Document Type: Short Survey

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