The vestibular system implements a linear-nonlinear transformation in order to encode self-motion

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 12-

  Massot, Corentin ^a   Schneider, Adam D ^a   Chacron, Maurice J ^a   Cullen, Kathleen E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGY; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MACACA; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTURE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84864424364     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001365     Document Type: Article

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