RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Head taps evoke a crossed vestibulo-ocular reflex
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1227
OP 1229
DO 10.1212/01.wnl.0000259064.80564.21
VO 68
IS 15
A1 Iwasaki, S.
A1 McGarvie, L. A.
A1 Halmagyi, G. M.
A1 Burgess, A. M.
A1 Kim, J.
A1 Colebatch, J. G.
A1 Curthoys, I. S.
YR 2007
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/68/15/1227.abstract
AB Taps to the forehead on the midline, at the hairline (Fz), with a reflex hammer or powerful bone conduction vibrator caused short-latency surface potentials from beneath both eyes in all healthy subjects. The earliest negative responses were invariably absent from the eye contralateral to the side of a previous vestibular nerve section but were preserved despite sensorineural hearing loss. These responses probably reflect vestibular function via crossed otolith–ocular pathways.