Orientation of the body response to galvanic stimulation as a function of the inter-vestibular imbalance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 501-505

  Séverac Cauquil, Alexandra ^a   Martinez, Philippe ^a   Ouaknine, Maurice ^b   Tardy Gervet, Marie Françoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Posture; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FOREHEAD; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASTOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MASTOID; ORIENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0033858590     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000434     Document Type: Article

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