Origin and processing of postural information

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-478

  Mittelstaedt, H ^a  

^a Univ Zurich Max Planck Inst F V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coordinate transformation; Efference copy; Lower body negative pressure; Otolith; Proprioceptors; Renal graviceptors

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; EYE POSITION; GRAVITY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0031923268     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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