This monograph has been written for clinicians who are involved in the
management of the dizzy patient and for scientists with a particular
interest in the multi-sensorimotor mechan isms that subserve spatial
orientation, motion perception, and ocular motor and postural con
trol. Special emphasis has been put on making the correct diagnosis,
and detailed recommendations have been given for specific treatments.
The second edition has resulted in an almost completely new book due
to the dramatic expansion in the 1990s of our understanding of
vestibular function and dis orders. A few rele vant examples include
the novel concept of canalolithiasis, as opposed to cupulolithiasis,
both of which are established causes of typical posterior and
horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo; familial
episodic ataxia land II have been identified as inherited chan
nelopathies; otolithic syndromes were recognized as a variety separate
from semicircular canal syndromes; several new central vestibular
syndromes have been described, localized, and attributed to vestibular
pathways and centres; a new classification based on the three major
planes of action of the vestibulo-ocular reflex is available for
central vestibular syn dromes; and the mystery of the location and
function of the multisensory vestibular cortex is slowly being
unravelled. This book differs from other clinical textbooks in that it
is not divided into two parts: anatomy and physiology, on the one
hand, and disorders, on the other.
Les mer
Its Multisensory Syndromes
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781475738018
Publisert
2020
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter