The role of 3-canal biomechanics in angular motion transduction by the human vestibular labyrinth

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1247-1263

  Ifediba, Marytheresa A ^a   Rajguru, Suhrud M ^a   Hullar, Timothy E ^b   Rabbitt, Richard D ^a,c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner ear; Mechanotransduction; Sensory; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

DIRECTIONAL CHANNELS; INNER EARS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 34250737948     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9277-y     Document Type: Article

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