Modeling the vestibular evoked myogenic potential

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-78

  Lütkenhöner, Bernd ^a   Stoll, Wolfgang ^a   Basel, Türker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; EMG; Sacculus; Sonomotor responses; VEMP; Vestibular function testing

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR, INNER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77649339815     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.10.036     Document Type: Article

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