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‘Visual Vertigo’ and Motion Sickness

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Vestibular Migraine and Related Syndromes

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‘Visual vertigo’ and ‘motion sickness’ are closely related in respect to symptoms and mechanisms. Both derive from essentially normal properties of visual and vestibular mechanisms which, either individually or in interaction, subserve appropriate orientation, balance and movement in the environment. In turn, these two syndromes relate to migraine in a bidirectional way. Some of the symptoms present in a migraine attack (headache, nausea, visual hypersensitivity) resemble those observed during motion sickness and visual vertigo. Reciprocally, migraine increases the susceptibility to motion sickness and visual vertigo.

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Bronstein, A.M., Golding, J.F., Gresty, M.A. (2014). ‘Visual Vertigo’ and Motion Sickness. In: Colombo, B., Teggi, R. (eds) Vestibular Migraine and Related Syndromes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07022-3_8

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