On the origin of interindividual susceptibility to motion sickness

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-153

  Scherer, H ^a   Helling, K ^a   Hausmann, S ^a   Clarke, A H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

motion sickness; otoconia; otolith asymmetry; saccule; space adaptation syndrome; utricle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTION SICKNESS; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SALMON; UTRICLE;

EID: 0030937145     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709117757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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