Vergence-mediated changes in the axis of eye rotation during the human vestibulo-ocular reflex can occur independent of eye position

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-248

  Migliaccio, Americo A ^a,c   Cremer, Phillip D ^a   Aw, Swee T ^a   Halmagyi, G Michael ^a   Curthoys, Ian S ^b   Minor, Lloyd B ^c   Todd, Michael J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical vergence; Conjugate torsional eye velocity; Listing's plane; Vestibulo Ocular Reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE POSITION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0038235642     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1447-z     Document Type: Article

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