Do agility and skull architecture influence the geometry of the mammalian vestibulo-ocular reflex?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 496-509

  Jeffery, Nathan ^a   Cox, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agility; Convergence; Extraocular; Frontation; Orbit; Semicircular

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; CAT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; HEAD MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKULL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; EYE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; RABBITS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SKULL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77951951335     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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