The effect of head orientation on the vestibular evoked potentials to linear acceleration impulses in rats

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 735-740

  Plotnik, Meir ^a   Freeman, Sharon ^b   Sohmer, Haim ^a   Elidan, Josef ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Gravity; Otolith organs; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GRAVITY; HEAD POSITION; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTRICLE; VESTIBULE;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GRAVITATION; HEAD; MOVEMENT; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; POSTURE; RATS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0033490705     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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