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Pawar V, Ashraf H, Dorsala S, Mary P, Hameed N, H DN, Adatia SP, Raj L, Ananthu VR, Shouka M. Motorist's Vestibular Disorientation Syndrome (MVDS)-Proposed Diagnostic Criteria. J Pers Med 2023; 13:jpm13050732. [PMID: 37240902 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13050732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Motorist's vestibular disorientation syndrome (MVDS) is a disorder in which patients experience dizziness while driving. MVDS is under-reported in the literature, and in clinical practice, it often goes unrecognized. We identified clinical characteristics of patients with MVDS using data from 24 patients who faced difficulties while driving and were diagnosed with MVDS. Their symptoms, duration of illness, precipitating factors, co-morbidities, history of other neuro-otological disorders, severity of symptoms, and associated anxiety and depression were reviewed. Ocular motor movements were recorded using video-nystagmography. Patients with vestibular disorders that can cause similar symptoms while driving were excluded. The mean age of the patients was 45.7 ± 8.7 years, and most were professional drivers (90.5%). The duration of the illness ranged from eight days to ten years. Most patients presented with disorientation (79.2%) exclusively while driving. The most common triggers for symptoms were higher speeds, i.e., >80 km/h (66.7%), multi-lane roads (58.3%), bends and turns (50%), and looking at other vehicles or signals while driving (41.7%). A history of migraines was reported in 62.5% of the patients, and motion sickness was reported in 50% of the patients. Anxiety was reported in 34.3% of patients, and 15.7% had depression. The video-nystagmography did not show any specific abnormalities. Patients responded to drugs used in prophylactic treatments for migraines such as Amitriptyline, Venlafaxine, Bisoprolol, and Magnesium, and to Pregabalin and Gabapentin. Based on these findings, a classification system and a diagnostic criterion for MVDS were proposed.
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- Vishal Pawar
- Neurology Department, Aster Gardens Specialty Clinic, Building 10, Zen Cluster, Street 1, Discovery Gardens, Dubai P.O. Box 8703, United Arab Emirates
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- Al Rafa Polyclinic-International City, Internal Medicine Department, Aster DM Healthcare, Dubai P.O. Box 8703, United Arab Emirates
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- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), Belagavi 500010, Karnataka, India
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- Medical Trust Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, Cochin 682016, Kerala, India
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- Medical Trust Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, Cochin 682016, Kerala, India
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- Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar 382042, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Neurology, RAK Hospital, Ras-Al-Khaimah P.O. Box 11393, United Arab Emirates
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- Public Health Consultant, Karipuram 673121, Kerala, India
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- Al Sharq Hospital Fujairah, ENT Department, Al Sharq Healthcare, Fujairah P.O. Box 8505, United Arab Emirates
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- Audiologist, Neurology Department, Garden's Specialty Clinic, Aster DM Healthcare, Dubai P.O. Box 8704, United Arab Emirates
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Gam BU, Cho IH, Yeo SS, Kwon JW, Jang SH, Oh S. Comparative study of vestibular projection pathway connectivity in cerebellar injury patients and healthy adults. BMC Neurosci 2022; 23:17. [PMID: 35317746 PMCID: PMC8939126 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-022-00702-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objective Cerebellar injury can not only cause gait and postural instability, nystagmus, and vertigo but also affect the vestibular system. However, changes in connectivity regarding the vestibular projection pathway after cerebellar injury have not yet been reported. Therefore, in the current study, we investigated differences in the connectivity of the vestibular projection pathway after cerebellar injury using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography. Methods We recruited four stroke patients with cerebellar injury. Neural connectivity in the vestibular nucleus (VN) of the pons and medulla oblongata in patients with cerebellar injury was measured using DTI. Connectivity was defined as the incidence of connection between the VN on the pons and medulla oblongata and target brain regions such as the cerebellum, thalamus, parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PIVC), and parietal lobe. Results At thresholds of 10 and 30, there was lower connectivity in the ipsilateral hemisphere between the VN at the medullar level and thalamus in the patients than in healthy adults. At a threshold of 1 and 10, the patient group showed lower VN connectivity with the PIVC than healthy adults. At a threshold of 1, VN connectivity with the parietal lobe in the contralateral hemisphere was lower in the patients than in healthy adults. Additionally, at a threshold of 30, VN connectivity at the pons level with the cerebellum was lower in healthy adults than in the patients. Conclusion Cerebellar injury seems to be associated with decreased vestibular projection pathway connectivity, especially in the ipsilateral thalamus, PIVC, and contralateral parietal lobe.
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- Byeong Uk Gam
- Department of Health, Graduate School, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health, Graduate School, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, 119, Dandae‑ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, 119, Dandae‑ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, 170, Hyeonchung-ro, Nam-gu, Daegu, 42415, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Uiduk University, 261, Donghaedae-ro, Gangdong-myeon, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 38004, Republic of Korea.
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García-Muñoz C, Casuso-Holgado MJ, Hernández-Rodríguez JC, Pinero-Pinto E, Palomo-Carrión R, Cortés-Vega MD. Feasibility and safety of an immersive virtual reality-based vestibular rehabilitation programme in people with multiple sclerosis experiencing vestibular impairment: a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e051478. [PMID: 34810187 PMCID: PMC8609940 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Vestibular system damage in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) may have a central and/or peripheral origin. Subsequent vestibular impairments may contribute to dizziness, balance disorders and fatigue in this population. Vestibular rehabilitation targeting vestibular impairments may improve these symptoms. Furthermore, as a successful tool in neurological rehabilitation, immersive virtual reality (VRi) could also be implemented within a vestibular rehabilitation intervention. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This protocol describes a parallel-arm, pilot randomised controlled trial, with blinded assessments, in 30 patients with MS with vestibular impairment (Dizziness Handicap Inventory ≥16). The experimental group will receive a VRi vestibular rehabilitation intervention based on the conventional Cawthorne-Cooksey protocol; the control group will perform the conventional protocol. The duration of the intervention in both groups will be 7 weeks (20 sessions, 3 sessions/week). The primary outcomes are the feasibility and safety of the vestibular VRi intervention in patients with MS. Secondary outcome measures are dizziness symptoms, balance performance, fatigue and quality of life. Quantitative assessment will be carried out at baseline (T0), immediately after intervention (T1), and after a follow-up period of 3 and 6 months (T2 and T3). Additionally, in order to further examine the feasibility of the intervention, a qualitative assessment will be performed at T1. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study was approved by the Andalusian Review Board and Ethics Committee, Virgen Macarena-Virgen del Rocio Hospitals (ID 2148-N-19, 25 March 2020). Informed consent will be collected from participants who wish to participate in the research. The results of this research will be disseminated by publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04497025.
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- Department of Nursery, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
- GIFTO, Physiotherapy Research Group, Toledo, Spain
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Strupp M, Feil K, Zwergal A. [Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Peripheral and Central Vestibular Disorders]. Laryngorhinootologie 2021; 100:176-183. [PMID: 33636730 DOI: 10.1055/a-1057-3239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The diagnosis of the various peripheral and central vestibular disorders is mainly based on the patient history (time course, type of symptoms, modulating factors, and accompanying symptoms) and a systematic clinical examination of the vestibular, ocular motor, and cerebellar systems (examination for nystagmus, head impulse test, positional maneuvers, Romberg test and examination for central ocular motor signs). The two most important laboratory tests are the "video-head impulse test" and caloric irrigation. Fortunately, the diagnosis of vestibular disorders has become easier and more precise as a result of the very clinically oriented diagnostic criteria of the Bárány Society (www.jvr-web.org/ICVD.html).
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Kim MT, Ahn JH, Kim SH, Choi JE, Jung JY, Lee MY. Persistent static imbalance among acute unilateral vestibulopathy patients could be related to a damaged velocity storage system. Acta Otolaryngol 2019; 139:552-556. [PMID: 31050584 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2019.1606438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Background: Acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUV) is common but, the course of disease recovery is variable. Moreover, the final recovery status might vary between subjects. The remaining symptoms of these patients indicate the poor recovery of static imbalance, which could limit social activities and decrease their quality of life. Objective: To determine the possible predictive parameters of prolonged static imbalance (PSI) among acute AUV, we compared several vestibular function test (VFT) results between control vestibulopathy (CV) and PSI patients. Materials and methods: Subjects were divided into two groups: PSI and CV. PSI was determined by the observation of spontaneous nystagmus at 1 month after discharge from the hospital. VFT results taken during the initial symptoms were compared. Results: Increased phase lead was observed in low-frequency stimulations (p < .05), while the other test results failed to reveal a significant difference. These results indicate that a larger phase lead, which is related to a decrease in the time constant, could be responsible for the delayed recovery of static imbalance. Conclusion and significance: The phase lead was higher in the PSI group compared to the CV group, suggesting the possible role of phase as a parameter to predict the delayed compensation of static imbalance.
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- Min Tae Kim
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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This article focuses on vestibular rehabilitation (VR) for children. Reports of the presence of vestibular dysfunction in infants, young children, and adolescents have increased over the past decade. In addition to being a comorbidity of sensorineural hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction has been noted in children with cytomegalovirus, late prematurity, and concussion, to name a few. Despite ample evidence and reports of VR for adults, the selection and provision of exercises to be included in the VR protocol for children vary, depending on the nature of the lesion, impairments identified, age at the time of lesion, and developmental factors such as critical periods of development and intermodality interdependence. Unlike adults, children with loss of function or hypofunction of the vestibular apparatus since or shortly after birth present with a developmental delay that is progressive. Very young children may not be able to describe symptoms but rather only avoid activities or cry. This report provides a review of vestibular-related impairments in children, determinants of the symptoms and functional impairments of vestibular dysfunction, the mechanisms of recovery in children, the challenges of VR for children, and a summary of research on the efficacy for VR for children.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review considers recent advances in central vertigo in terms of clinical and laboratory features and pathophysiology. RECENT FINDINGS Strokes presenting dizziness-vertigo are more likely to be associated with a misdiagnosis in the emergency setting. The risk of future strokes after discharge is higher in patients diagnosed with peripheral vertigo than in control patients. Strokes and transient ischemic attacks account for one-quarter of acute transient vestibular syndrome. Diagnosis of acute combined central and peripheral vestibulopathy such as anterior inferior cerebellar artery infarction requires additional consideration whenever applying the HINTS (head impulse test, direction-changing gaze-evoked nystagmus, and test of skew). Heat illness and metronidazole have been recognized as new causes of central vestibulopathy. Some new findings have also been added to the clinical and laboratory features of central vertigo. SUMMARY Central vertigo is a heterogeneous group of disorders with diverse clinical spectrums. An integrated approach based on understanding of clinical features, laboratory findings, speculated mechanisms, and limitations of current diagnostic tests will lead to better clinical practice.
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INTRODUCTION This study was aimed to determine risk factors for central vertigo (CV) in patients with isolated vertigo accompanied by hearing loss or not. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with CV or peripheral vertigo (PV) who were admitted to our hospital between January 2014 and July 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent thorough physical examination with detailed medical histories recorded, including smoking, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and stroke history. Logistic regression estimated odds ratio (OR) of the risk factors. RESULTS Eighty-seven patients were enrolled into the study, including 41 cases of CV and 46 cases of PV. There was significant difference in sex, age above 60, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and stroke history between the 2 groups. The patients without any risk factors did not have CV. The risk for CV in the patients with ≥3 risk factors was greater (OR, 11.43; 95% confidence interval, 3.27-39.93; P<0.001) than the patients with 1 risk factor. The risk for CV in the patients with 2 risk factors was similar (OR, 0.833; 95% confidence interval, 0.17-4.28; P=0.825) to the patients with 1 risk factor. CONCLUSION The patients with isolated vertigo (accompanied by hearing loss or not) and 3 or more risk factors are at higher risk for CV. They should have a comprehensive neurological examination and be closely followed up.
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Diener S. [Not Available]. PRAXIS 2018; 107:87-93. [PMID: 29338635 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a002727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Zusammenfassung. Schwindel ist nach Kopfschmerzen eines der häufigsten Symptome, die zu einem Arztbesuch führen. Ausgehend von dieser Tatsache stellen sich ca. 25 % der Patienten mit akuten Schwindelbeschwerden in einer Notfallaufnahme vor. Die Herausforderung der betreuenden Kollegen besteht darin, ein akut zentral-vestibuläres Syndrom nicht zu übersehen, was verheerende Folgen mit sich bringen könnte. Eine sorgfältige und strukturierte Anamneseerhebung zusammen mit der klinischen Untersuchung trägt bereits zu ca. 90 % zur Diagnosestellung bei und ist sensitiver als die diffusionsgewichtete Kernspintomografie. Der Fokus der Anamnese liegt bei der Dauer der Symptome und deren Triggerfaktoren. Ein Bedside-Test, bestehend aus Kopfimpulstest, Nystagmusprüfung, Test auf Skew und zusätzliche Hörprüfung mittels Fingerreiben, hilft bei der differenzialdiagnostischen Eingrenzung im Hinblick auf die Differenzierung zwischen akutem zentralen und peripheren Schwindelsyndrom.
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- Suzie Diener
- 1 Klinik für Neurologie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
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Yeo SS, Jang SH, Kwon JW. Central vestibular disorder due to ischemic injury on the parieto-insular vestibular cortex in patients with middle cerebral artery territory infarction: Observational study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017; 96:e9349. [PMID: 29390518 PMCID: PMC5758220 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Central vestibular disorder is common after middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory infarction. The MCA supplies blood to the parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PIVC), a core region of central vestibular symptoms. We report on patients that sustained injuries of the core vestibular pathway to the PIVC with central vestibular disorder following MCA territory infarction, demonstrated on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Nineteen patients with MCA territory infarction and 12 control subjects were recruited. To reconstruct the core vestibular pathway to the PIVC, we defined seed region of interest (ROI) as vestibular nuclei of pons and target ROI as the PIVC. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, and tract volume were measured. In the affected hemisphere, FA value of the core vestibular pathway to the PIVC revealed significant difference between all patient groups and the control group (P < .05). In contrast, patients with symptoms of ataxia only revealed significant decrement of tract volume compared with the control group (P < .05). Additionally, subgroup B revealed significant decrement of tract volume compared with that of subgroup A and the control group (P < .05). In the unaffected hemisphere, there was no significant difference in all DTI parameters between all patient groups and the control group (P < .05). Injury to the core vestibular pathway to the PIVC was demonstrated in patients that revealed typical central vestibular disorder following MCA territory infarction. Analysis of the core vestibular pathway to the PIVC using DTI would be beneficial in clinical evaluation and management of patients with MCA territory infarction.
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- Sang Seok Yeo
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, South Korea
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- Assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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In 1988, we introduced impulsive testing of semicircular canal (SCC) function measured with scleral search coils and showed that it could accurately and reliably detect impaired function even of a single lateral canal. Later we showed that it was also possible to test individual vertical canal function in peripheral and also in central vestibular disorders and proposed a physiological mechanism for why this might be so. For the next 20 years, between 1988 and 2008, impulsive testing of individual SCC function could only be accurately done by a few aficionados with the time and money to support scleral search-coil systems—an expensive, complicated and cumbersome, semi-invasive technique that never made the transition from the research lab to the dizzy clinic. Then, in 2009 and 2013, we introduced a video method of testing function of each of the six canals individually. Since 2009, the method has been taken up by most dizzy clinics around the world, with now close to 100 refereed articles in PubMed. In many dizzy clinics around the world, video Head Impulse Testing has supplanted caloric testing as the initial and in some cases the final test of choice in patients with suspected vestibular disorders. Here, we consider seven current, interesting, and controversial aspects of video Head Impulse Testing: (1) introduction to the test; (2) the progress from the head impulse protocol (HIMPs) to the new variant—suppression head impulse protocol (SHIMPs); (3) the physiological basis for head impulse testing; (4) practical aspects and potential pitfalls of video head impulse testing; (5) problems of vestibulo-ocular reflex gain calculations; (6) head impulse testing in central vestibular disorders; and (7) to stay right up-to-date—new clinical disease patterns emerging from video head impulse testing. With thanks and appreciation we dedicate this article to our friend, colleague, and mentor, Dr Bernard Cohen of Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, who since his first article 55 years ago on compensatory eye movements induced by vertical SCC stimulation has become one of the giants of the vestibular world.
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- G M Halmagyi
- Neurology Department, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Neurology Department, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Vestibular Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neurology Department, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Vestibular Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Morano A, Carnì M, Casciato S, Vaudano AE, Fattouch J, Fanella M, Albini M, Basili LM, Lucignani G, Scapeccia M, Tomassi R, Di Castro E, Colonnese C, Giallonardo AT, Di Bonaventura C. Ictal EEG/fMRI study of vertiginous seizures. Epilepsy Behav 2017; 68:51-56. [PMID: 28109990 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vertigo and dizziness are extremely common complaints, related to either peripheral or central nervous system disorders. Among the latter, epilepsy has to be taken into consideration: indeed, vertigo may be part of the initial aura of a focal epileptic seizure in association with other signs/symptoms, or represent the only ictal manifestation, a rare phenomenon known as "vertiginous" or "vestibular" seizure. These ictal symptoms are usually related to a discharge arising from/involving temporal or parietal areas, which are supposed to be a crucial component of the so-called "vestibular cortex". In this paper, we describe three patients suffering from drug-resistant focal epilepsy, symptomatic of malformations of cortical development or perinatal hypoxic/ischemic lesions located in the posterior regions, who presented clusters of vertiginous seizures. The high recurrence rate of such events, recorded during video-EEG monitoring sessions, offered the opportunity to perform an ictal EEG/fMRI study to identify seizure-related hemodynamic changes. The ictal EEG/fMRI revealed the main activation clusters in the temporo-parieto-occipital regions, which are widely recognized to be involved in the processing of vestibular information. Interestingly, ictal deactivation was also detected in the ipsilateral cerebellar hemisphere, suggesting the ictal involvement of cortical-subcortical structures known to be part of the vestibular integration network.
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- Alessandra Morano
- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular medicine, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic, and Neural Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Nuovo Ospedale Civile S. Agostino Estense (NOCSAE) Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy; Neuroradiology Unit, IRCCS "Neuromed", Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy.
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Moore JD, Mercer Lindsay N, Deschênes M, Kleinfeld D. Vibrissa Self-Motion and Touch Are Reliably Encoded along the Same Somatosensory Pathway from Brainstem through Thalamus. PLoS Biol 2015; 13:e1002253. [PMID: 26393890 PMCID: PMC4579082 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Active sensing involves the fusion of internally generated motor events with external sensation. For rodents, active somatosensation includes scanning the immediate environment with the mystacial vibrissae. In doing so, the vibrissae may touch an object at any angle in the whisk cycle. The representation of touch and vibrissa self-motion may in principle be encoded along separate pathways, or share a single pathway, from the periphery to cortex. Past studies established that the spike rates in neurons along the lemniscal pathway from receptors to cortex, which includes the principal trigeminal and ventral-posterior-medial thalamic nuclei, are substantially modulated by touch. In contrast, spike rates along the paralemniscal pathway, which includes the rostral spinal trigeminal interpolaris, posteromedial thalamic, and ventral zona incerta nuclei, are only weakly modulated by touch. Here we find that neurons along the lemniscal pathway robustly encode rhythmic whisking on a cycle-by-cycle basis, while encoding along the paralemniscal pathway is relatively poor. Thus, the representations of both touch and self-motion share one pathway. In fact, some individual neurons carry both signals, so that upstream neurons with a supralinear gain function could, in principle, demodulate these signals to recover the known decoding of touch as a function of vibrissa position in the whisk cycle.
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- Jeffrey D. Moore
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Section of Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Québec City, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Section of Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Mitsutake T, Chuda Y, Oka S, Hirata H, Matsuo T, Horikawa E. The Control of Postural Stability during Standing is Decreased in Stroke Patients during Active Head Rotation. J Phys Ther Sci 2014; 26:1799-801. [PMID: 25435704 PMCID: PMC4242959 DOI: 10.1589/jpts.26.1799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of active head rotation on
postural control in stroke patients during standing as compared with age-matched healthy
subjects. [Subjects and Methods] In total, 46 stroke patients and 37 age-matched healthy
subjects were recruited for the study. A stabilometer was used to assess postural
stability in participants during standing, with or without active head rotation, and with
their eyes open or closed. Subjects were asked to stand on a force plate while rotating
their head in the yaw plane at a frequency of 1.0 Hz. A metronome was used to maintain the
head rotation frequency, and the head rotation range was maintained at a total of 70°
during the postural stability examinations. [Results] The control of postural stability
during standing with active head rotation was significantly decreased in the stroke group
as compared with the healthy group with both the eyes open and closed. No significant
differences in relation to standing without head motion were observed between groups.
[Conclusion] The findings suggest that postural instability is increased in stroke
patients during active head rotation, and therefore, vestibular function in relation to
head rotation might be reduced in stroke patients.
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- Tsubasa Mitsutake
- Department of Rehabilitation, Shiroishi Kyoritsu Hospital, Japan ; Division of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Graduate School of Medicine, Saga University, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Shiroishi Kyoritsu Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Shiroishi Kyoritsu Hospital, Japan
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- Division of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Graduate School of Medicine, Saga University, Japan
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Evidence accumulated over 30 years, from experiments on animals and human subjects, has conclusively demonstrated that inputs from the vestibular otolith organs contribute to the control of blood pressure during movement and changes in posture. This review considers the effects of gravity on the body axis, and the consequences of postural changes on blood distribution in the body. It then separately considers findings collected in experiments on animals and human subjects demonstrating that the vestibular system regulates blood distribution in the body during movement. Vestibulosympathetic reflexes differ from responses triggered by unloading of cardiovascular receptors such as baroreceptors and cardiopulmonary receptors, as they can be elicited before a change in blood distribution occurs in the body. Dissimilarities in the expression of vestibulosympathetic reflexes in humans and animals are also described. In particular, there is evidence from experiments in animals, but not humans, that vestibulosympathetic reflexes are patterned, and differ between body regions. Results from neurophysiological and neuroanatomical studies in animals are discussed that identify the neurons that mediate vestibulosympathetic responses, which include cells in the caudal aspect of the vestibular nucleus complex, interneurons in the lateral medullary reticular formation, and bulbospinal neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. Recent findings showing that cognition can modify the gain of vestibulosympathetic responses are also presented, and neural pathways that could mediate adaptive plasticity in the responses are proposed, including connections of the posterior cerebellar vermis with the vestibular nuclei and brainstem nuclei that regulate blood pressure.
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- Bill J Yates
- Departments of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Hewett R, Bartolomei F. Epilepsy and the cortical vestibular system: tales of dizziness and recent concepts. Front Integr Neurosci 2013; 7:73. [PMID: 24273498 PMCID: PMC3822407 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cortical representations of the vestibular system are now well recognized. In contrast, the fact that epilepsy can affect these systems, provoking transient vestibular symptoms, is less known. Focal seizures may nonetheless manifest by prominent vestibular changes ranging from mild unsteadiness to true rotational vertigo. Most often these symptoms are associated with other subjective manifestations. In pure vestibular forms, the diagnosis may be more difficult and is often delayed. The cortical origin of these symptoms will be discussed and compared with the known "vestibular" cortical representations. In addition, the existence of a specific "vestibular epilepsy" has been suggested in some publications. This condition affects young subjects with a frequent family history and most often a benign evolution, raising the possibility of a form of idiopathic epilepsy (Hewett etal., 2011).
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- Russell Hewett
- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital Glasgow, UK
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Nauta JJP. Meta-analysis of clinical studies with betahistine in Ménière’s disease and vestibular vertigo. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2013; 271:887-97. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2596-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pavan TZ, Funabashi M, Carneiro JAO, Pontelli TEGDS, Tedeschi W, Colafêmina JF, Carneiro AAO. Software for subjective visual vertical assessment: an observational cross-sectional study. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2013; 78:51-8. [PMID: 23108820 PMCID: PMC9450785 DOI: 10.5935/1808-8694.20120008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 06/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Spatial orientation in relation to the gravitational axis is significantly important for the maintenance of the posture, gait and for most of the human's motor activities. The subjective visual vertical exam evaluates the individual's perception of vertical orientation. Objectives The aims of this study were (1) to develop a virtual system to evaluate the subjective visual vertical exam, (2) to provide a simple tool to clinical practice and (3) to assess the subjective visual vertical values of h ealthy subjects using the new software. Study Design: observational cross-sectional study. Methods Thirty healthy volunteers performed the subjective visual vertical exam in both static and dynamic conditions. The exam consisted in adjusting a virtual line in the vertical position using the computer mouse. For the static condition, the virtual line was projected in a white background. For the dynamic condition, black circles rotated in clockwise or counterclockwise directions. Six measurements were taken and the mean deviations in relation to the real vertical calculated. Results The mean values of subjective visual vertical measurements were: static −0.372°; ± 1.21; dynamic clockwise 1.53° ± 1.80 and dynamic counterclockwise −1.11° ± 2.46. Conclusion This software showed to be practical and accurate to be used in clinical routines.
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- Theo Zeferino Pavan
- Department of Physics, School of Philosophy, Sciences, and Literature of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil
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Soto-Varela A, Rossi-Izquierdo M, Sánchez-Sellero I, Santos-Pérez S. Revised criteria for suspicion of non-benign positional vertigo. QJM 2013; 106:317-21. [PMID: 23404787 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most commonly diagnosed vestibular vertigo. BPPV can be diagnosed by clinical examination and its treatment is based on particle repositioning manoeuvres, and specialized equipment is not required. Therefore, most patients could be diagnosed and treated by their general practitioner. Unfortunately, not all positional vertigos are benign. Symptoms similar to those of BPPV can be caused by diseases that affect the central nervous system. It must be possible to define criteria that allow us to suspect, in a patient with symptoms of positional vertigo, the possibility of a cerebral origin ('non-benign PV'). Requests for magnetic resonance imaging must be justified by the fulfillment of these criteria. That is especially relevant in primary care, because these criteria should make possible to distinguish between patients with positional vertigo that could be treated by general practitioner and patients that need to be directed to especialized units. We propose the following revised criteria for suspected non-benign PV: (i) association with signs or symptoms of neurological disorder, (ii) nystagmus without dizziness in positional diagnostic tests, (iii) atypical nystagmus direction, (iv) poor response to therapeutic manoeuvres and (v) recurrence (confirmed by positional tests) on at least three occasions.
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- A Soto-Varela
- Division of Neurotology, Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Complexo Hospitario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Wildenberg JC, Tyler ME, Danilov YP, Kaczmarek KA, Meyerand ME. Altered connectivity of the balance processing network after tongue stimulation in balance-impaired individuals. Brain Connect 2013; 3:87-97. [PMID: 23216162 PMCID: PMC3621359 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2012.0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Some individuals with balance impairment have hypersensitivity of the motion-sensitive visual cortices (hMT+) compared to healthy controls. Previous work showed that electrical tongue stimulation can reduce the exaggerated postural sway induced by optic flow in this subject population and decrease the hypersensitive response of hMT+. Additionally, a region within the brainstem (BS), likely containing the vestibular and trigeminal nuclei, showed increased optic flow-induced activity after tongue stimulation. The aim of this study was to understand how the modulation induced by tongue stimulation affects the balance-processing network as a whole and how modulation of BS structures can influence cortical activity. Four volumes of interest, discovered in a general linear model analysis, constitute major contributors to the balance-processing network. These regions were entered into a dynamic causal modeling analysis to map the network and measure any connection or topology changes due to the stimulation. Balance-impaired individuals had downregulated response of the primary visual cortex (V1) to visual stimuli but upregulated modulation of the connection between V1 and hMT+ by visual motion compared to healthy controls (p ≤ 1E-5). This upregulation was decreased to near-normal levels after stimulation. Additionally, the region within the BS showed increased response to visual motion after stimulation compared to both prestimulation and controls. Stimulation to the tongue enters the central nervous system at the BS but likely propagates to the cortex through supramodal information transfer. We present a model to explain these brain responses that utilizes an anatomically present, but functionally dormant pathway of information flow within the processing network.
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- Joe C Wildenberg
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
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Im S. Anatomy and Physiology of Balance. BRAIN & NEUROREHABILITATION 2013. [DOI: 10.12786/bn.2013.6.2.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Sun Im
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea
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Prevalence of Aphysiologic Performance on Dynamic Posturography in Work-related Patients. ACTA OTORRINOLARINGOLOGICA ESPANOLA 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otoeng.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Larrosa F, Durà MJ, Cordón A, Hernández A, García-Ibáñez L. Prevalencia de test afisiológicos de posturografía dinámica en pacientes laborales. ACTA OTORRINOLARINGOLOGICA ESPANOLA 2012; 63:187-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otorri.2011.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Nevin RL. Limbic encephalopathy and central vestibulopathy caused by mefloquine: a case report. Travel Med Infect Dis 2012; 10:144-51. [PMID: 22494697 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Revised: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Mefloquine is a 4-methanolquinoline anti-malarial that in recent years has fallen out of favor for use as chemoprophylaxis against infection with chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria owing in part to growing concerns of side effects and potential neurotoxicity. Despite over 20 years of licensed use, the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying mefloquine's neuropsychiatric and physical side effects and the clinical significance of the drug's neurotoxicity have remained poorly understood. In this report, an adverse reaction to mefloquine chemoprophylaxis is described characterized by prodromal symptoms of anxiety with subsequent development of psychosis, short-term memory impairment, confusion and personality change accompanied by complaints of disequilibrium and vertigo, with objective findings of central vestibulopathy. It is posited that these effects represent an idiosyncratic neurotoxic syndrome of progressive limbic encephalopathy and multifocal brainstem injury caused by the drug. This case provides insights into the clinical significance of mefloquine neuronal gap junction blockade and neurotoxicity demonstrated in animal models, points to recommendations for the management of affected patients including diagnostic considerations and appropriate referrals, and highlights critical implications for the continued safe use of the medication.
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- Remington L Nevin
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, 1585 Third Street, Fort Polk, LA 71459, USA.
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Larrosa F, Durà MJ, Menacho J, González-Sabaté L, Cordón A, Hernández A, García-Ibáñez L. Aphysiologic performance on dynamic posturography in work-related patients. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 270:93-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-1930-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Wildenberg JC, Tyler ME, Danilov YP, Kaczmarek KA, Meyerand ME. Electrical tongue stimulation normalizes activity within the motion-sensitive brain network in balance-impaired subjects as revealed by group independent component analysis. Brain Connect 2011; 1:255-65. [PMID: 22433053 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2011.0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Multivariate analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data allows investigations into network behavior beyond simple activations of individual regions. We apply group independent component analysis to fMRI data collected in a previous study looking at the sustained neuromodulatory effects of electrical tongue stimulation in balance-impaired individuals. Twelve subjects with balance disorders viewed optic flow in an fMRI scanner before and after 5 days of electrical tongue stimulation. Nine healthy controls also viewed the visual stimuli but did not receive any stimulation. Multiple regression of the 47 estimated components found two that were modulated by the visual stimuli. Component 7, comprised primarily of the primary visual cortex (V1), responded to all visual stimuli and showed no difference in task-related activity between the healthy controls and the balance-impaired subjects before or after stimulation. Component 11 responded only to motion in the visual field and contained multiple cortical and subcortical regions involved in processing information pertinent to balance. Two-sample t-tests of the calculated signal change revealed that the task-related activity of this network is greater in balance-impaired subjects compared with controls before stimulation (p=0.02), but that this network hypersensitivity decreases after electrical tongue stimulation (p=0.001).
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- Joseph C Wildenberg
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
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Habek M, Hojsak I, Barun B, Brinar VV. Downbeat nystagmus, ataxia and spastic tetraparesis due to coeliac disease. Neurol Sci 2011; 32:911-4. [PMID: 21390533 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0506-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A 25-year-old female presented to a university neurology clinic with a 1-month history of progressive ataxia, downbeat nystagmus and spastic tetraparesis. Personal history revealed polyarthralgias and weight loss. Family history was negative. Following thorough history, laboratory, neurophysiological and MRI investigations, a diagnosis of cerebellar ataxia due to coeliac disease was done. The patient was treated with strict gluten-free diet and intravenous administration of immunoglobulins. Although there are many controversies about neurological manifestations of coeliac disease, this case pointed to strong association between these two disorders. The findings of elevated protein content in the cerebrospinal fluid with positive oligoclonal bands suggested an immune-mediated process, further supported by positive anti-endomysium antibodies and anti-transglutaminase antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid.
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- Mario Habek
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Wildenberg JC, Tyler ME, Danilov YP, Kaczmarek KA, Meyerand ME. Sustained cortical and subcortical neuromodulation induced by electrical tongue stimulation. Brain Imaging Behav 2011; 4:199-211. [PMID: 20614202 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-010-9099-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This pilot study aimed to show that information-free stimulation of the tongue can improve behavioral measures and induce sustained neuromodulation of the balance-processing network in individuals with balance dysfunction. Twelve balance-impaired subjects received one week of cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation (CN-NINM). Before and after the week of stimulation, postural sway and fMRI activation were measured to monitor susceptibility to optic flow. Nine normal controls also underwent the postural sway and fMRI tests but did not receive CN-NINM. Results showed that before CN-NINM balance-impaired subjects swayed more than normal controls as expected (p ≤ 0.05), and that overall sway and susceptibility to optic flow decreased after CN-NINM (p ≤ 0.005 & p ≤ 0.05). fMRI showed upregulation of visual sensitivity to optic flow in balance-impaired subjects that decreased after CN-NINM. A region of interest analysis indicated that CN-NINM may induce neuromodulation by increasing activity within the dorsal pons (p ≤ 0.01).
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- Joseph C Wildenberg
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
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Bayer O, Warninghoff JC, Straube A. Diagnostic indices for vertiginous diseases. BMC Neurol 2010; 10:98. [PMID: 20973968 PMCID: PMC2987857 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Vertigo and dizziness are symptoms which are reported frequently in clinical practice. We aimed to develop diagnostic indices for four prevalent vertiginous diseases: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Menière's disease (MD), vestibular migraine (VM), and phobic postural vertigo (PPV). Methods Based on a detailed questionnaire handed out to consecutive patients presenting for the first time in our dizziness clinic we preselected a set of seven questions with desirable diagnostic properties when compared with the final diagnosis after medical workup. Using exact logistic regression analysis diagnostic scores, each comprising of four to six items that can simply be added up, were built for each of the four diagnoses. Results Of 193 patients 131 questionnaires were left after excluding those with missing consent or data. Applying the suggested cut-off points, sensitivity and specificity were 87.5 and 93.5% for BPPV, 100 and 87.4% for MD, 92.3 and 83.7% for VM, 73.7 and 84.1% for PPV, respectively. By changing the cut-off points sensitivity and specificity can be adjusted to meet diagnostic needs. Conclusions The diagnostic indices showed promising diagnostic properties. Once further validated, they could provide an ease to use and yet flexible tool for screening vertigo in clinical practice and epidemiological research.
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- Otmar Bayer
- Integrated Center for Research and Treatment of Vertigo, Balance and Ocular Motor Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Heiglhofstrasse 63, Munich, Germany.
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Green AM, Angelaki DE. Internal models and neural computation in the vestibular system. Exp Brain Res 2010; 200:197-222. [PMID: 19937232 PMCID: PMC2853943 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2054-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The vestibular system is vital for motor control and spatial self-motion perception. Afferents from the otolith organs and the semicircular canals converge with optokinetic, somatosensory and motor-related signals in the vestibular nuclei, which are reciprocally interconnected with the vestibulocerebellar cortex and deep cerebellar nuclei. Here, we review the properties of the many cell types in the vestibular nuclei, as well as some fundamental computations implemented within this brainstem-cerebellar circuitry. These include the sensorimotor transformations for reflex generation, the neural computations for inertial motion estimation, the distinction between active and passive head movements, as well as the integration of vestibular and proprioceptive information for body motion estimation. A common theme in the solution to such computational problems is the concept of internal models and their neural implementation. Recent studies have shed new insights into important organizational principles that closely resemble those proposed for other sensorimotor systems, where their neural basis has often been more difficult to identify. As such, the vestibular system provides an excellent model to explore common neural processing strategies relevant both for reflexive and for goal-directed, voluntary movement as well as perception.
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- Andrea M Green
- Dépt. de Physiologie, Université de Montréal, 2960 Chemin de la Tour, Rm. 4141, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
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Ortiz-Pérez S, Sánchez-Dalmau B, Molina J, Adán A, Candela S, Rumià J. Ocular Tilt Reaction as a Delayed Complication of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease. J Neuroophthalmol 2009; 29:286-8. [DOI: 10.1097/wno.0b013e3181b2822d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Current World Literature. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 16:490-5. [DOI: 10.1097/moo.0b013e3283130f63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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