Low-frequency tuning in the human vestibular-ocular projection is determined by both peripheral and central mechanisms

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 458, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-47

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ocular; OVEMP; Saccule; Tuning; Utricle; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VIBRATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SOUND; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VIBRATION;

EID: 67349205855     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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