Contributions of single semicircular canals to caloric nystagmus as revealed by canal plugging in Rhesus monkeys

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-520

  Böhmer, Andreas ^a   Straumann, Dominik ^b   Suzuki, Jun Ichi ^c   Hess, Bernhard J M ^b   Henn, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Dual search coil; Thermoconvection; Three dimensional eye movements; Torsion; Vestibular function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARANY TEST; EYE MOVEMENT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029946051     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489609137882     Document Type: Article

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