Asymmetry of the pitch vestibulo-ocular reflex in patients with cerebellar disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1039, Issue , 2005, Pages 349-358

  Walker, Mark F ^a   Zee, David S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar disease; Downbeat nystagmus; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PITCH; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 20444457203     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1325.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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