Pathophysiology of movement disorders due to gravity transitions: The channelopathy linkage in human balance and locomotion

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-100

  Rizzo Sierra, Carlos V ^a,d   Leon Sarmiento, Fidias E ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PAMPLONA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Ramon and Cajal Colombo American Neuromedical Foundation   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CHANNELOPATHY; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; INNER EAR; LOCOMOTION; MICROGRAVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPACE ADAPTATION SYNDROME;

GRAVITATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 79958032664     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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