Disruption of the head direction cell signal after occlusion of the semicircular canals in the freely moving chinchilla

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 14521-14533

  Muir, Gary M ^a,d   Brown, Joel E ^a   Carey, John P ^b   Hirvonen, Timo P ^b,c   Della Santina, Charles C ^b   Minor, Lloyd B ^b   Taube, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD DIRECTION CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THETA CELL; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

EID: 70949106477     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3450-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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