Temperature Effect on Critical Flicker Fusion in Multiple Sclerosis

• Published in: Archives of neurology (Chicago) Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 269 - 275
• Main Author: Namerow, Norman S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 01.09.1971
• Subjects: Body Temperature Regulation; Female; Hot Temperature; Humans; Male; Multiple Sclerosis - physiopathology; Vision Disorders - physiopathology
• ISSN: 0003-9942; 1538-3687
• DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1971.00490030095012

Eighteen multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with a history of optic neuritis and ten normal subjects had the visual critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) determined prior to and during exposure to moist hot air. Central temperature was monitored by a thermocouple placed against the tympanic membrane...