How the vestibular system interacts with somatosensory perception: A sham-controlled study with galvanic vestibular stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 550, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-40

  Ferrè, Elisa R ^a   Day, Brian L ^b   Bottini, Gabriella ^c,d   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Multisensory integration; Tactile perception; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

CALORIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; CVS; EPSPS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; GVS; MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION; OP; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; PARIETO INSULAR VESTIBULAR CORTEX; PIVC; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SII; SOMATOSENSORY SIGNAL DETECTION TASK; SSDT; TACTILE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84881367530     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.06.046     Document Type: Article

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