Head direction cell firing properties and behavioural performance in 3-D space

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-841

  Taube, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951708108     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.194266     Document Type: Review

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