Effects of galvanic vestibular stimulation on otolithic and semicircular canal eye movements and perceived vertical

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 200-205

  Zink, R ^a   Bucher, S F ^a   Weiss, A ^a   Brandt, Th ^a   Dieterich, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galvanic stimulation; Graviceptive pathway; Human; Nystagmus; Otolith; Semicircular canal; Static ocular torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031750952     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(98)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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