Horizontal angular VOR changes in orbital and parabolic flight: Human neurovestibular studies on SLS-2

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-81

  Oman, Charles M ^a   Pouliot, Christopher F ^a   Natapoff, Alan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

nystagmus; otoliths; semicircular canals; space physiology; Spacelab Life Sciences 1; spatial orientation; vestibular; vestibuloocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0030054803     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.1.69     Document Type: Article

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