Modeling locomotor dysfunction following spaceflight with Galvanic vestibular stimulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-659

  Moore, Steven T ^a   MacDougall, Hamish G ^a   Peters, Brian T ^b   Bloomberg, Jacob J ^c   Curthoys, Ian S ^d   Cohen, Helen S ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neurosciences Laboratory   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DVA; GVS; Head stabilization; Microgravity; Space adaptation syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTRONAUTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SIMULATION; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 33749360111     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0528-1     Document Type: Article

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