The physiology of the peripheral vestibular system: The birth of a field

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3032-3033

  Angelaki, Dora E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDITORIAL; GRAVITY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCULUS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULE; VIBRATION SENSE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEURONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 19344375927     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/classicessays.00027.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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