The European vestibular experiments in Spacelab-1. |
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Authors: | J Kass R von Baumgarten A Benson A Berthoz T h Brandt U Brand W Bruzek J Dichgans T h Probst H Scherer T h Vieville H Vogel J Wetzig |
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Institution: | Physiologisches Institute der Joh.-Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz, FRG. |
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Abstract: | A series of experiments were performed in the Spacelab-1 mission on November/December, 1983, pre-, in-, and postflight. These experiments covered various aspects of the functions of the vestibular system, the inflight tests comprising threshold measurements for linear movements in three orthogonal axes, optokinetic stimulation, vestibulo-ocular reflexes under linear and angular accelerations, caloric stimulation with and without linear accelerations; pre- and postflight tests repeated the inflight protocol with the addition of subjective vertical and eye counter-rotation measurements using a tilt table. One of the most surprising and significant results was the caloric test: strong caloric nystagmus on the two subjects tested was recorded inflight; this was contrary to what was expected from Barany's convection hypothesis for caloric nystagmus. |
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