Effect of semicircular canal stimulation on the perception of the visual vertical

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 622-630

  Pavlou, Marousa ^a   Wijnberg, Nicole ^a   Faldon, Mary E ^a   Bronstein, Adolfo M ^a,b  

^a Div of Neurosci and Psychol Med   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOGRAPHY; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TORSIONAL NYSTAGMUS; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISION; VISUAL VERTICAL;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; ORIENTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041315517     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00960.2002     Document Type: Article

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