Galvanic vestibular stimulation in humans: Effects on otolith function in roll

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-174

  Zink, Reto ^a   Steddin, Sven ^a   Weiss, Alexander ^a   Brandt, Thomas ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galvanic stimulation; Graviceptive pathways; Human; Ocular torsion; Otoliths; Subjective tilt of the visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TILTING; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030824359     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00610-1     Document Type: Article

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