The nodulus and uvula: Source of cerebellar control of spatial orientation of the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 978, Issue , 2002, Pages 28-45

  Cohen, Bernard ^a   John, Padmore ^a   Yakushin, Sergei B ^a   Buettner Ennever, Jean ^b   Raphan, Theodore ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Eye velocity; Monkey; Otoliths; Velocity storage; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; GRAVITY; MONKEY; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PALATE; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036964703     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb07553.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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