Human horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex initiation: Effects of acceleration, target distance, and unilateral deafferentation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1151-1166

  Crane, Benjamin T ^a   Demer, Joseph L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0031791751     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.3.1151     Document Type: Article

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