title: Influence of vagus nerve stimulation on vestibulo-ocular reflex.
abstract: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), as used for the treatment of intractable epilepsy, may interfere with signals from viscera and modify the integration of autonomic afferent fibers in the brainstem. In order to detect an influence of VNS on vestibular function, the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) of 5 patients was examined before and during VNS. Nonsignificant alterations of the maximum slow-phase velocity of the VOR were found. A significant clinical alteration of the VOR during VNS was not observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, 'Eginition' Hospital, Athens, Greece. sgatzon@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Stylianos D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gatzonis
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korres
authors.forename: Dimitrios G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Balatsouras
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stabulis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Georgakulias
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Singunas
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siafakas
authors.forename: Damianos
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004584:Electronystagmography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology*