title: Vestibulo-ocular reflex and the head impulse test.
abstract: The authors highlights the importance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex examination through the head impulse test as a diagnostic method for vestibular dysfunction as well as, and primarily, a bedside semiotic resource capable of differentiating between acute peripheral vestibulopathy and a cerebellar or brainstem infarction in emergency rooms.
authors.affiliation: Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. limaranhao@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eliana T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Maranhão
authors.forename: Péricles
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maranhão-Filho
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests / Q000379:methods*