Probing the human vestibular system with galvanic stimulation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2301-2316

  Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a   Day, Brian L ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Posture; Reflex; Standing

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATION; SAFETY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKULL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 2442659153     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00008.2004     Document Type: Review

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