Inverse U-shaped curve for age dependency of torsional eye movement responses to galvanic vestibular stimulation

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1579-1589

  Jahn, Klaus ^a   Naeßl, Andrea ^a   Schneider, Erich ^a   Strupp, Michael ^a   Brand, Thomas ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0038157212     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg163     Document Type: Article

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