Efferent control of hair cell and afferent responses in the semicircular canals

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1513-1525

  Boyle, Richard ^a,d   Rabbitt, Richard D ^b,d   Highstein, Stephen M ^c,d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FISH; HAIR CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER TOADFISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

EID: 70349298416     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91367.2008     Document Type: Article

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