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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Jombik, Petera; * | Bahyl, Vladimirb | Drobny, Michalc | Spodniak, Paveld
Affiliations: [a] Zvolen Hospital, Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Zvolen, Slovak Republic | [b] Technical University of Zvolen, Faculty of Wood Science and Technology, Department of Physics and Applied Mechanics, Zvolen, Slovak Republic | [c] Martin University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Martin, Slovak Republic | [d] Technical University of Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovak Republic
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Peter Jombik, M.D., Ph.D, Zvolen Hospital, Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuzmanyho nabrezie 28, 96001 Zvolen, Slovak Republic. E-mails: peter.jombik@post.sk; bahyl@vsld.tuzvo.sk
Abstract: Recently several studies have yielded evidence that impulses of bone-conducted (BC) sound can produce short-latency myogenic responses in the extraocular muscles, which are probably mediated by otolithic afferents. These responses, although miniscule, can be recorded with surface electrodes and are termed ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMP). It is assumed that in response to low-frequency BC-sound stimuli the head moves predominantly along the axis from the site of the applied stimulus to the opposite side. Thus, oppositely-directed accelerations along a particular axis would produce oppositely-directed compensatory vestibulo-ocular responses (VOR) and oVEMPs. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the oVEMPs would reflect these direction-dependent VOR responses. Single cycles of 125 and 250 Hz BC tones were applied to opposite sides of two approximately orthogonal, naso-occipital (x) and vertical (z) axes of the head. oVEMP responses were recorded with standard bilateral vertical EOG montages. The responses in all twelve healthy subjects showed consistent differences with regard to the latency and/or shape of the response to stimuli applied to opposite sides of the head. These differences likely reflect different patterns of electro-myographic activity of the extraocular muscles, which may be mediated by groups of vestibular (probably otolithic) afferents with differently-orientated spatial polarization vectors.
Keywords: Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMP), bone-conducted (BC) sound
DOI: 10.3233/VES-2008-182-305
Journal: Journal of Vestibular Research, vol. 18, no. 2-3, pp. 117-128, 2008
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