Hindlimb movement modulates the activity of rostral fastigial nucleus neurons that process vestibular input

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2411-2419

  McCall, Andrew A ^a   Miller, Daniel J ^a   Catanzaro, Michael F ^a,b   Cotter, Lucy A ^a   Yates, Bill J ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Balance; Limb; Multisensory convergence; Rostral fastigial nucleus; Vestibular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; DECEREBRATION; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; HINDLIMB; LEG MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STANDING; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DECEREBRATE STATE; HINDLIMB; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; POSTURAL BALANCE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 84937939730     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4311-z     Document Type: Article

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