Vestibular compensation: Neural mechanisms and clinical implications for the treatment of vertigo

After unilateral peripheral vestibular lesions, the neural activity of neurons in the ipsi-lesional medial vestibular nucleus (ipsi-MVe) are markedly decreased, resulting in static and dynamic asymmetries of the vestibulo-ocular and vestibulo-spinal reflexes. Consequently, static vestibular symptoms such as spontaneous nystagmus and postural deviation and dynamic vestibular symptoms such as oscillopsia and swaying gait are induced. However, these behavioral asymmetries gradually recover after the lesion.

Source: Auris, Nasus, Larynx - December 18, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Noriaki Takeda, Kazunori Matsuda, Junya Fukuda, Go Sato, Atsuhiko Uno, Tadashi Kitahara Source Type: research