Seasickness pathogenesis and the otolithic organs: Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials study - Preliminary results

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 641-644

  Tal, Dror ^a   Gilbey, Peter ^b,c,d   Bar, Ronen ^a   Shupak, Avi ^a,b  

^a ISRAEL NAVAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b Lin and Lady Davis Carmel Medical Centers   (Israel)

^c WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Motion sickness; Saccule; Vestibular function test

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; PATHOGENESIS; SACCULUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VESTIBULAR EVOKE MYOGENIC POTENTIAL;

ADULT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MOTION SICKNESS; NECK MUSCLES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34848892176     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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