Shifts in blood volume alter the perception of posture: Further evidence for somatic graviception

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Vaitl, Dieter ^a   Mittelstaedt, Horst ^b   Saborowski, Ralf ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Baisch, Friedhelm ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravity information; Impedance plethysmography; LBNP LBPP; Otoliths; Perception of body posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BLOOD VOLUME; CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; FLUID SHIFTS; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THORAX; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0036173519     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(01)00184-2     Document Type: Article

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