Control of spatial orientation of the angular vestibuloocular reflex by the nodulus and uvula

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2690-2715

  Wearne, Susan ^b   Raphan, Theodore ^b   Cohen, Bernard ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; GRAVITY; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0031812728     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2690     Document Type: Article

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