Vestibulocerebellar disease impairs the central representation of self-orientation
Transformation of head-fixed otolith signals into a space-fixed frame of reference is essential for perception of self-orientation and ocular motor control. In monkeys the nodulus and ventral uvula of the vestibulo-cerebellum facilitate this transformation by computing an internal estimate of direct...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2011.00011/full |