Head-shaking tilt suppression: a clinical test to discern central from peripheral causes of vertigo

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 264; no. 6; pp. 1264 - 1270
• Main Authors: Zuma e Maia, F. C., Cal, Renato, D’Albora, Ricardo, Carmona, Sergio, Schubert, Michael C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cerebellum - pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Head - physiology; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Movement - physiology; Neural Pathways - pathology; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Nystagmus, Physiologic - physiology; Original Communication; Pathology; Velocity; Vertigo - diagnosis; Vertigo - etiology; Vestibular Nuclei - pathology; Velocity storage; Cerebellum; Head shake nystagmus test; Tilt suppression; Vestibular; Nodulus

Tilt suppression refers to both tilting the head away from an Earth vertical axis and a reduction of an induced horizontal nystagmus. This phenomenon of reducing an induced horizontal nystagmus involves a circuitry of neurons within the vestibular nuclei and the cerebellum (collectively referred to...