Age-related changes in head and eye coordination

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1377-1385

  Proudlock, Frank A ^a   Shekhar, Himanshu ^a   Gottlob, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Antisaccades; Eye movements; Head movements; Reading; Saccades; Smooth pursuit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; STATISTICS;

EID: 4644224012     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.02.024     Document Type: Article

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