Tuning and sensitivity of the human vestibular system to low-frequency vibration

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 444, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-41

  Todd, Neil P McAngus ^a   Rosengren, Sally M ^b   Colebatch, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear; Sensitivity; Vestibular; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULO OCULAR REFLEX; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOUND; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VIBRATION;

EID: 51049097008     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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