Spatial orientation of optokinetic nystagmus and ocular pursuit during orbital space flight

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-59

  Moore, Steven T ^a   Cohen, Bernard ^a   Raphan, Theodore ^b   Berthoz, Alain ^c   Clément, Gilles ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Microgravity; OKN; Otoliths; Smooth pursuit; Velocity storage

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOGRAPHY; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9301047; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9301126; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-90 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BRAIN; CENTRIFUGATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; ORIENTATION; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 11244292351     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1984-0     Document Type: Article

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