Dissociation between canal- and otolith-function in cerebellar atrophy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 769-771

  Marti, S ^a   Tarnutzer, A A ^a   Schuknecht, B ^b   Straumann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; AGED; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; EFFERENT NERVE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; INNERVATION; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 44449148240     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0806-x     Document Type: Letter

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