Three-dimensional vector analysis of the human vestibuloocular reflex in response to high-acceleration head rotations II. Responses in subjects with unilateral vestibular loss and selective semicircular canal occlusion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 4021-4030

  Aw, S T ^a   Halmagyi, G M ^b   Haslwanter, T ^b   Curthoys, I S ^b   Yavor, R A ^b   Todd, M J ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTION SICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TORQUE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0030463724     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.4021     Document Type: Article

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