Abstract
A unilateral peripheral deficit of the vestibular system results in a dramatic impairment of oculomotor function which gradually recedes over a period of months. Because the deficit interrupts the flow of vestibular afferent information from the same side the classical symptoms of unstable eye and head movements are observed. The alteration in vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) control indicates that the dynamic balance between vestibular signals reaching the vestibular nuclei directly and via commissural pathways (Shimazu and Precht 1966) has been profoundly affected. The CNS is then challenged to restore normal function. The changes in the VOR make vestibular compensation an attractive model to study plastic and adaptive mechanisms of the CNS.
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Allum, J.H.J., Yamane, M., Pfaltz, C.R. (1988). Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Compensation in the Vertical and Horizontal Planes Following Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular Deficit in Man. In: Flohr, H. (eds) Post-Lesion Neural Plasticity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73849-4_26
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