Factors influencing the susceptibility of anurans to motion sickness

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-113

  Naitoh, Tomio ^a   Wassersug, Richard J ^b,d   Yamashita, Masamichi ^c  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Emesis; Microgravity; Motion sickness; Parabolic flight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FLYING; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOMITING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; POSTURE; SENSATION; SEX FACTORS; VOMITING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0035049798     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100181     Document Type: Article

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