Electrical Vestibular Stimulation after Vestibular Deafferentation and in Vestibular Schwannoma

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 12; p. e82078
• Main Authors: Aw, Swee Tin, Todd, Michael John, Lehnen, Nadine, Aw, Grace Elizabeth, Weber, Konrad Peter, Eggert, Thomas, Halmagyi, Gabor Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.12.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acoustic neuroma; Adult; Afferent Pathways - pathology; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asymmetry; Binocular vision; Case-Control Studies; Coiling; Ear; Electric properties; Electric Stimulation; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Ethics; Eye movements; Female; Humans; Hypotheses; Latency; Lesions; Male; Middle Aged; Neurology; Neuroma, Acoustic - pathology; Neuroma, Acoustic - physiopathology; Neurosciences; Otology; Prostheses; Reaction Time - physiology; Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular - physiology; Reflexes; Schwann cells; Sensory neurons; Stimulation; Studies; Time Factors; Velocity; Vertigo; Vestibular system; Vestibule, Labyrinth - innervation; Vestibule, Labyrinth - pathology; Vestibule, Labyrinth - physiopathology; Vestibulo-ocular reflex; Sydney New South Wales Australia; Australia

Vestibular reflexes, evoked by human electrical (galvanic) vestibular stimulation (EVS), are utilized to assess vestibular function and investigate its pathways. Our study aimed to investigate the electrically-evoked vestibulo-ocular reflex (eVOR) output after bilateral and unilateral vestibular dea...