Acoustic, mechanical and galvanic stimulation modes elicit ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1841-1844

  Cheng, Po Wen ^a   Chen, Chien Cheng ^a   Wang, Shou Jen ^b   Young, Yi Ho ^c  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air conducted sound; Bone conducted vibration; Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Ocular; Vestibular evoked myogenic potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350009620     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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