Contribution of the vertical semicircular canals to the caloric nystagmus

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 618-627

  Aw, S T ^a   Haslwanter, T ^b   Fetter, M ^b   Heimberger, J ^b   Todd, M J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canal vector; Eye rotation axis; Three dimensional eye movements; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; BARANY TEST; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; EYE MOVEMENT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TEMPERATURE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; CALORIC TESTS; HEAD; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

EID: 0031790041     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850183089     Document Type: Article

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