Responses of vestibular nucleus neurons to inputs from the hindlimb are enhanced following a bilateral labyrinthectomy

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 742-751

  McCall, Andrew A ^a   Moy, Jennifer D ^a   Puterbaugh, Sonya R ^a   De Mayo, William M ^a   Yates, Bill J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Otolith organ; Semicircular canal; Sensory substitution; Somatosensory signals; Vestibular prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84878578454     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01389.2012     Document Type: Article

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