Dynamics of abducens nucleus neurons in the awake mouse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2509-2523

  Stahl, John S ^a,b   Thumser, Zachary C ^a  

^a Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanics; Orbit; Stiffness; Time constant; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; ALERTNESS; ALLOMETRY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; MODEL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA FOVEA; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES COMPARISON; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868304895     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00249.2012     Document Type: Article

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