Perception of tilt and ocular torsion of vestibular patients during eccentric rotation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 468, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-165

  Clément, Gilles ^a   Deguine, Olivier ^a,b  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Eccentric rotation; Otolith; Perception; Tilt; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; OTOLITH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; ROTATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TELEVISION CAMERA; TORQUE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; CENTRIFUGATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; ROTATION; VERTIGO;

EID: 70450225219     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.090     Document Type: Article

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