The subjective visual horizontal after stapedotomy: Evidence for an increased resting activity in otolithic afferents

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-306

  Tribukait, A ^a   Bergenius, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gravity; Otosclerosis; Roll tilt perception; Saccule; Stapes surgery; Utricle; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; OTOLITH; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STAPEDECTOMY; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; OTOSCLEROSIS; POSTURE; STAPES SURGERY;

EID: 0031748015     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850183368     Document Type: Article

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