Ontogeny of mouse vestibulo-ocular reflex following genetic or environmental alteration of gravity sensing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Beraneck, Mathieu ^a   Bojados, Mickael ^b   Le Séac'h, Anne ^a   Jamon, Marc ^b   Vidal, Pierre Paul ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAZE; GRAVITY SENSING; MACULOOCULAR REFLEX; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OTOLITH; REFLEX; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITY SENSING; HYPERGRAVITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR;

MUS;

EID: 84863709625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040414     Document Type: Article

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