Effects of baclofen on the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 262-271

  Dai, Mingjia ^a   Raphan, Theodore ^b   Cohen, Bernard ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Nystagmus; Velocity storage; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONKEY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOGRAPHY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646504851     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0264-y     Document Type: Article

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