Effects of viewing distance on the responses of horizontal canal- related secondary vestibular neurons during angular head rotation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2517-2537

  Chen Huang, Chiju ^a,b   McCrea, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SQUIRREL MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0032981951     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2517     Document Type: Article

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