Vestibular perception and action employ qualitatively different mechanisms. II. VOR and perceptual responses during combined Tilt & Translation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Merfeld, Daniel M ^a,b   Park, Sukyung ^a,b   Gianna Poulin, Claire ^c   Black, F Owen ^c   Wood, Scott ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; TILT TABLE TEST; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION;

EID: 21544465875     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00905.2004     Document Type: Article

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