Morphology and innervation of the vestibular lagena in pigeons

Neuroscience

Volumn 209, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-107

  Zakir, M ^a   Wu, L Q ^a   Dickman, J D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motion detection; Otolith; Spatial orientation; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LAGENA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY NERVE; UTRICLE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEURONS, AFFERENT; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84859267586     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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