Humans use internal models to construct and update a sense of verticality

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3552-3563

  Barra, Julien ^a,b   Marquer, Adélaïde ^b   Joassin, Roxane ^c   Reymond, Céline ^b   Metge, Liliane ^d   Chauvineau, Valérie ^d   Pérennou, Dominic ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

cerebral plasticity; orientation; postural control; representation; somatosensory information; visual vertical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUBERT EFFECT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 78649851372     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq311     Document Type: Article

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