Vestibular function after acute vestibular neuritis

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-46

  Halmagyi, G M ^a   Weber, K P ^a,b   Curthoys, I S ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation; Deafferentation; Neuritis; Rehabilitation; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VOMITING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 75649092652     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0533     Document Type: Review

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