The effect of gravity on the horizontal and vertical vestibulo-ocular reflex in the rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 434-444

  Brettler, Sandra C ^b   Rude, Steven A ^b   Quinn, Kevin J ^c   Killian, J Eric ^a   Schweitzer, Edmund C ^a   Baker, James F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular vestibulo ocular reflex; Eye movement; Otolith organs; Semicircular canals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; GRAVITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0034039305     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000357     Document Type: Article

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