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Sensory Processing and Ionic Currents in Vestibular Hair Cells

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Stephen M. Highstein

  2. Department of Psychology and Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

  3. Department of Biology and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4415, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

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Steinacker, A. (2004). Sensory Processing and Ionic Currents in Vestibular Hair Cells. In: Highstein, S.M., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) The Vestibular System. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 19. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21567-0_5

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