Vestibular neuritis has selective effects on air- and bone-conducted cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1246-1255

  Govender, Sendhil ^a   Rosengren, Sally M ^a   Colebatch, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Otolith; OVEMP; VEMP; Vestibular neuritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CERVICAL VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; OCULAR VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AIR; BONE CONDUCTION; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 79956346051     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.12.040     Document Type: Article

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