Model experiment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo mechanism using the whole membranous labyrinth

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 515-518

  Otsuka, Koji ^a   Suzuki, Mamoru ^a   Furuya, Masayoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Canalolithiasis; Membranous labyrinth; Otoconia

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BULLFROG; CANALOLITHIASIS; CUPULOLITHIASIS; EAR DISEASE; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STONE FORMATION; UTRICLE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; POSTURE; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0038627931     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028094     Document Type: Article

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