Effect of gravity on vertical eye position

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1164, Issue , 2009, Pages 155-165

  Pierrot Deseilligny, C ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Crossing ventral tegmental tract; Downbeat nystagmus; Gravity; Otholithic pathways; Otoliths; Upbeat nystagmus; Vertical eye movements; Vertical nystagmus; Vestibular pathways

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; GAZE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 66149114309     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03864.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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