Human vestibular memory studied via measurement of the subjective horizontal during gondola centrifugation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Tribukait, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Hypergravity; Memory; Otolith; Semicircular canal; Spatial orientation; Subjective horizontal; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0037961854     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(03)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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