Locomotor head movements and semicircular canal morphology in primates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 17914-17919

  Malinzak, Michael D ^a,b   Kay, Richard F ^a   Hullar, Timothy E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular velocity; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HEAD MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84868100093     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206139109     Document Type: Article

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