Roll-dependent modulation of the subjective visual vertical: contributions of head- and trunk-based signals

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 934-941

  Tarnutzer, A A ^a   Bockisch, C J ^a   Straumann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUNK;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BACK; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; ROTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76649137950     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00407.2009     Document Type: Article

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