A. Berthoz
2 Papers
25 Citations
A. Berthoz is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vestibular system & Vertebral column. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Papers
The orientation of the cervical vertebral column in unrestrained awake animals. I. Resting position.
P. P. Vidal,W. Graf,A. Berthoz +2 more
TL;DR: The vertical orientation of the cervical vertebral column is interpreted to provide a stable and energy saving balance of the head, and the atlantooccipital and cervico-thoracic junctions are predominantly involved, while the entire cervical column largely preserves its intrinsic configuration.
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Skeletal geometry underlying head movements.
TL;DR: The stereotyped resting posture adopted by seven of nine studied vertebrate species is introduced and the number of degrees of freedom of the articulations of the cervical vertebral column is reduced, contributing to the fact that orienting movements when studied by cineradiography are in fact stereotyped and confined to certain planes of space, corroborating Bernstein' hypothesis.
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