Vestibular System Part 2: Psychophysics, Applied Aspects and General Interpretations

✍ Scribed by A. J. Benson, N. Bischof, W. E. Collins, A. R. Fregly, A. Graybiel, F. E. Guedry, W. H. Johnson, L. B. W. Jongkees, H. H. Kornhuber, R. Mayne, D. L. Meyer, E. Peitersen, W. Precht, K. P. Schaefer (auth.), H. H. Kornhuber (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1974
Tongue: English
Leaves: 685
Series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology 6 / 2 : Vestibular System.
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The function of the vestibular system is not as obvious as those of vision, hearing, touch or smell. Vestibular dysfunction, however, is clearly apparent where lesions are present. It is probably for this reason that the vestibular sense was not discovered until the nineteenth century and that clinicians have continued to playa major role in basic vestibular research right up to the present. The relationship between basic and clinical research is certainly stronger in the vesti bular field than in that of tactile sensation, for instance, as testified by the work of clinicians as MENIERE, BREUER, BARANY, DEKLEIJN and FRENZEL. In this respect the situation is similar in vestibular physiology and in endocrinology, and for the same reason. This second part of the vestibular volume of the Handbook of Sensory Physio logy will be of interest to neurologists, otologists, neurosurgeons, ophthalmologists and physiotherapists on the one hand, and psychologists, physiologists, engineers and aviation specialists on the other. For a full understanding of Part 2, it is necessary to have assimilated the basic anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of Part 1.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Psychophysics of Vestibular Sensation....Pages 3-154
Optic-Vestibular Orientation to the Vertical....Pages 155-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Nystagmus and Related Phenomena in Man: An Outline of Otoneurology....Pages 193-232
Measurement of Otolith Function in Man....Pages 233-266
Measurement of Vestibulo-Spinal Responses in Man....Pages 267-280
Modification of the Response to Angular Accelerations by Linear Accelerations....Pages 281-320
Vestibular Ataxia and its Measurement in Man....Pages 321-360
Arousal and Vestibular Habituation....Pages 361-368
Habituation of Vestibular Responses with and without Visual Stimulation....Pages 369-388
Motion Sickness....Pages 389-411
Pathology of Vestibular Sensation....Pages 413-450
Characteristics of Vestibular Neurons after Acute and Chronic Labyrinthine Destruction....Pages 451-462
Compensation of Vestibular Lesions....Pages 463-490
Front Matter....Pages 491-491
A Systems Concept of the Vestibular Organs....Pages 493-580
The Vestibular System and the General Motor System....Pages 581-620
Back Matter....Pages 621-683

✦ Subjects

Medicine/Public Health, general

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