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10599835

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Bilateral galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) with current intensity of 3 mA was applied at mastoid level in 11 patients with chronic bilateral vestibular failure, in order to determine ocular motor responses by 3-D video-oculography. The following abnormal features were found: (1) a predominantly torsional or mixed torsional-horizontal nystagmus at the onset of stimulation with lower current intensities (1.0-3.0 mA) in nine patients; (2) a reduced amplitude of tonic ocular torsion by about 50% in nine patients (1.3 +/- 0.6 degrees at 3 mA); (3) a nystagmus in the opposite direction at stimulation offset in five patients (rebound); (4) no eye movements at all in a patient with bilateral nerve failure. GVS stimulates the vestibular nerve, thus allowing differentiation of nerve failure from labyrinthine failure. The low thresholds for initiating nystagmus and the rebound, which appear to be the most typical features of bilateral labyrinthine failure, can be explained by central compensation mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3283-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Galvanic stimulation in bilateral vestibular failure: 3-D ocular motor effects.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't