Synaptic Transmission by Vestibular Nerve Afferent Fibers

Neurochemistry of the Vestibular System

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 47-60

  Straka, Hans ^a   Reichenberger, Ingrid ^a   Dieringer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203745922-5     Document Type: Chapter

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