New perspectives on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-80

  Rosengren, Sally M ^a   Kingma, Herman ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

otolith; vestibular evoked myogenic potential; vestibulo collic reflex; vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; INNER EAR; MENIERE DISEASE; OTOLITH; REFLEX; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SUPERIOR VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROTOLOGY; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 84872908510     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32835c5ef3     Document Type: Review

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