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Resting discharge patterns of macular primary afferents in otoconia-deficient mice.
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO - 1 Dec 2008
Jones T A, Jones S M, Hoffman L F
Abstract excerpt
Vestibular primary afferents in the normal mammal are spontaneously active. The consensus hypothesis states that such discharge patterns are independent of stimulation and depend instead on excitation by vestibular hair cells due to background release of synaptic neurotransmitter. In the case of otoconial sensory receptors, it is difficult to test the independence of resting discharge from natural tonic...
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