Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: The possibility of inducing physiological changes of otoliths by applying sinusoidal linear acceleration for a long time was investigated. Changes in otolith function were examined by analysis of cognition changes in the gravitational axis as spational orientation.Namely, the effects of functional changes of otoliths caused by linear acceleration on cognition of gravitational axis was analyzed, and the relation of otoliths to the spatial orientation was examined.In consequence, we found that cognition of the gravitational axis in linear acceleration in a lying position was lower than that in a sitting position. This could be attributed to the difference in the direction of the acceleration applied to the head (otolith). These results suggested that otoliths possibily participate in the formation of spatial orientation because cognition of the gravitational axis was lowered by applying linear acceleration.
Source: Equilibrium Research
DOI: 10.3757/jser.59.147
Authors: Shigeru Yoshida, Masanori Ishii, Masamichi Sudo, Kazuhiro Soeda, Toshinobu Yashiro, Hiroshi Moriyama, Makoto Igarashi
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2330954476