Julian Conrad, Maximilian Habs, Rainer Boegle, Matthias Ertl, Valerie Kirsch, Iskra Stefanova-Brostek, Ozan Eren, Sandra Becker-Bense, Thomas Stephan, Frank Wollenweber, Marco Duering, Peter Zu Eulenburg, Marianne Dieterich
OBJECTIVE: Patients with acute central vestibular syndrome suffer from vertigo, spontaneous nystagmus, postural instability with lateral falls, and tilts of visual vertical. Usually, these symptoms compensate within months. The mechanisms of compensation in vestibular infarcts are yet unclear. This study focused on structural changes in gray and white matter volume that accompany clinical compensation. METHODS: We studied patients with acute unilateral brain stem infarcts prospectively over 6 months...
August 28, 2020: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology