Spatial separation of visual and vestibular processing in the human hippocampal formation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-186

  Hüfner, Katharina ^a   Strupp, Michael ^a   Smith, Paul ^b   Brandt, Thomas ^a   Jahn, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Navigation; Separation of sensory information; Vestibular system; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONAVIGATION; NONHUMAN; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 80053180586     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06115.x     Document Type: Article

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