Eye movements in response to electric stimulation of the human posterior ampullary nerve

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 369-374

  Wall III, Conrad ^a   Kos, Maria Izabel ^b   Guyot, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Implant; Prosthesis; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STIMULUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS;

EID: 34249005507     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600509     Document Type: Article

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