Linearity, symmetry and additivity of the human eye-movement response to maintained unilateral and bilateral surface galvanic (DC) vestibular stimulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-175

  MacDougall, Hamish G ^a   Brizuela, Agatha E ^a   Curthoys, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS); Labyrinth; Linearity; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE;

EID: 0037217746     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1289-0     Document Type: Article

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