Effect of spaceflight on ability to sense and control roll tilt: Human neurovestibular studies on SLS-2

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-57

  Merfeld, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; graviceptor; microgravity; otolith organs; space shuttle; Spacelab

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROGRAVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TILTING; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0030036840     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.1.50     Document Type: Article

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