Vestibulo-ocular reflex to transient surge translation: Complex geometric response ablated by normal aging

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2042-2054

  Tian, Jun Ru ^a,c   Mokuno, Eriko ^d   Demer, Joseph L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 33646185408     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00635.2005     Document Type: Article

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