The role of regularity and synchrony of cerebellar Purkinje cells for pathological nystagmus

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-167

  Glasauer, Stefan ^a   Rössert, Christian ^a   Strupp, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminopyridine; Computational model; Downbeat nystagmus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NYSTAGMUS; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 80053210606     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06149.x     Document Type: Article

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