Postural responses to electrical stimulation of the vestibular end organs in human subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-195

  Phillips, Christopher ^a,b   De Francisci, Christina ^b   Ling, Leo ^a,b   Nie, Kaibao ^a,b   Nowack, Amy ^a,b   Phillips, James O ^a,b   Rubinstein, Jay T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Meniere's; Posture; Prosthesis; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; NYSTAGMUS; PERILYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84892788662     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3604-3     Document Type: Article

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