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Lateral stabilographic response to galvanic labyrinth stimulation was investigated in healthy subjects in the standing position. Vestibulomotor response increased during forwards volitional body tilt as well as involuntary tilt occurring in response to stimulating (by vibration) the proprioceptors of the anterior tibial muscles. An illusion of the forward body tilt induced by stimulating (vibrating) the proprioceptors of the triceps surae muscles with the trunk fastened in a fixed position was accompanied by practically the same intensification of vestibulomotor response as during actual body movement. It was concluded that reinforcement of vestibulomotor response during volitional movements is brought about by the spatial perception system.
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Institute for Research into Information Transmission, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 250–255, March–April, 1988.
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Smetanin, B.N., Popov, K.E., Gurfinkel, V.S. et al. Effect of movement and illusion of movement on human vestibulomotor response. Neurophysiology 20, 192–196 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02141337
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02141337