Non-linear vector summation of left and right vestibular signals for human balance

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 671-682

  Day, Brian L ^a   Marsden, Jonathan F ^b   Ramsay, Elijane ^a   Mian, Omar S ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ACCELERATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEAD MOVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NON LINEAR TRANSFORMATION; PARAMETERS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VECTOR SUMMATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 77949520300     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.181768     Document Type: Article

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