Vestibulocollic reflexes evoked by short-duration galvanic stimulation in man

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 587-597

  Watson, S R D ^a   Colebatch, J G ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; AGED; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LATENT PERIOD; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULOCOLLIC REFLEXES; VOLUNTEER; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032404132     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.587bb.x     Document Type: Article

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