Motion sickness is linked to nystagmus-related trigeminal brain stem input: A new hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1177-1181

  Gupta, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a Dubai eGovernment Dubai Police   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; PROMETHAZINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

BRAIN STEM; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID CLOSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; MICROGRAVITY; MIGRAINE; MOTION SICKNESS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; OTOLITH; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISION;

EID: 17044374604     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.11.031     Document Type: Article

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