The dynamic contributions of the otolith organs to human ocular torsion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-321

  Merfeld, Daniel M ^a,c   Teiwes, Winfried ^a,d   Clarke, Andrew H ^b   Scherer, Hans ^b   Young, Laurence R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Linear vestibule ocular reflex; Ocular counterroll; Ocular torsion; Vestibule ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0029894328     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228562     Document Type: Article

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