title: Vestibular compensation in cerebellar stroke patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is little evidence about the site where compensatory vestibular mechanisms in patients with cerebellar strokes take place.
  
  
  METHODS
  To determine whether the location of a cerebellar lesion might be a crucial variable in vestibular compensation a sample of 22 patients with cerebellar stroke were tested for graviceptive function in the acute and chronic stage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our statistical anatomical lesion analysis indicated that mainly lesions of the cerebellar hemispheres (lobule V, VI, VIIa) hinder vestibular compensation and might lead to an overcompensation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overcompensation-induced dysfunction can be explained by the absence of cerebellar inhibitory signals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mainz University, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rhode
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dieterich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: cerebellum; stroke; verticality; vestibular compensation