Head-shaking nystagmus (HSN): The theoretical explanation and the experimental proof

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-181

  Katsarkas, Athanasios ^a,b   Smith, Heather ^a   Galiana, Henrietta ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Partial vestibular loss; Total vestibular loss; Unilateral vestibular loss; Vestibular compensation; VOR bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0034158516     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164800750000865     Document Type: Article

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