Vestibular and attractor network basis of the head direction cell signal in subcortical circuits

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY, 2012, Pages

  Clark, Benjamin J ^a   Taube, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HAIR CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUBCORTEX; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 84857826393     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00007     Document Type: Article

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