The balance of feelings: Vestibular modulation of bodily sensations

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 748-758

  Ferrè, Elisa R ^a,b   Bottini, Gabriella ^b,c   Iannetti, Gian Domenico ^d   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Caloric vestibular stimulation; Multisensory integration; Pain; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84875265528     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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