Topsy turvy: Functions of climbing and mossy fibers in the vestibulo-cerebellum

Neuroscientist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-236

  Barmack, Neal H ^a   Yakhnitsa, Vadim ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Golgi cell; granule cell; inferior olive; nodulus; stellate cell; uvula

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CLIMBING FIBER; GRANULE CELL; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; LATERAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE WAVE; STELLATE CELL; SUPERIOR VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PURKINJE CELLS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 79953890261     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858410380251     Document Type: Review

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