Basic concepts in understanding recovery of function in vestibular reflex networks during vestibular compensation

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn FEB, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Peusner, Kenna D ^a   Shao, Mei ^a   Reddaway, Rebecca ^a   Hirsch, June C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick tangential nucleus; Immunolabeling with confocal imaging; Spontaneous synaptic activity; Synaptic transmission; Unilateral vestibular ganglionectomy; Vestibular nuclei neurons; Vestibular reflex activity; Whole cell patch clamp recording

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866000552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00017     Document Type: Article

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