Head-shaking nystagmus in lateral medullary infarction: Patterns and possible mechanisms

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1337-1344

  Choi, K D ^a,b   Oh, S Y ^a   Park, S H ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Koo, J W ^a   Kim, J S ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD SHAKING NYSTAGMUS; HUMAN; LATERAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; BACLOFEN; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CALORIC TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GABA AGONISTS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PURKINJE CELLS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VIBRATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34247494146     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000260224.60943.c2     Document Type: Article

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