Ewald’s Second Law of Labyrinthine Function and the Vestibuloocular Reflex

1981 ◽  
pp. 509-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Honrubia ◽  
Young S. Kim ◽  
Herman A. Jenkins ◽  
Clifford G. Y. Lau ◽  
Robert W. Baloh
Keyword(s):  
Second Law ◽  
Vestibuloocular Reflex ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law

Ewald's Second Law Re-Evaluated

1977 ◽  
Vol 83 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 475-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Baloh ◽  
V. Honrubia ◽  
H. R. Konrad
Keyword(s):  
Second Law ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law

Implications of Ewald's Second Law for the Evaluation of Vestibular Function

1979 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young S. Kim ◽  
Clifford G. Y. Lau ◽  
Herman A. Jenkins ◽  
Vicente Honrubia
Keyword(s):  
Vestibular System ◽  
Semicircular Canal ◽  
Piecewise Linear ◽  
Vestibular Function ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Horizontal Semicircular Canal ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Ocular Reflex ◽  
Vestibulo Ocular Reflex ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law

The significance of Ewald's second law in the evaluation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) was Investigated using the transfer characteristics of the vestibular and VOR systems in normal rabbits and rabbits in which one horizontal semicircular canal had been blocked. The transfer characteristics of the vestibular system were derived from the experimental results reported by Goldberg and Fernandez in 1971. A comparison was made of the properties of the bilateral and monolateral VOR systems with the predictions of a piecewise linear model of the vestibular system. The data received quantitatively collaborate the prediction of Ewald's second law as ft applies to the VOR responses.

On the Repeal of Ewald's Second Law

1961 ◽  
Vol 53 (sup159) ◽  
pp. 42-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Groen
Keyword(s):  
Second Law ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law

Evaluation of Ewald's Second Law. An Electronystagmographic Study

1967 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. N. Mehra ◽  
B. Das Moudgil
Keyword(s):  
Second Law ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law

Implications of Ewald's Second Law for Diagnois of Unilateral Labyrinthine Paralysis

1979 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman A. Jenkins ◽  
Clifford G.Y. Lau ◽  
Robert W. Baloh ◽  
Vicente Honrubia
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Caloric Test ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law

The feasibility of replacement of the caloric test with sinusoidal rotatory stimulations of differing frequencies was investigated in ten normal subjects and seven patients with unilateral labyrinthine paralysis. Testing was performed at frequencies ranging from 0.0125 to 0.2 Hz at 60°/sec and at 0.05 Hz at peak velocities of 30°/sec to 180°/sec. Gain, phase, and asymmetry of the nystagmic responses were measured in these groups. Results indicated that the rotatory test was not reliable enough to be used as the sole measure for identifying patients with unilateral labyrinthine lesions.

Human Otolithic Function Before and After Unilateral Vestibular Neurectomy1

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-209
Author(s):  
I.S. Curthoys ◽  
M.J. Dai ◽  
G.M. Halmagyi
Keyword(s):  
Vestibular Nerve ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Nerve Section ◽  
Horizontal Semicircular Canal ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Large Asymmetry ◽  
Natural Range ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law ◽  
Roll Tilt

One index of otolith function is the so-called oculogravic “illusion” that during centrifugal stimulation a small luminous bar, fixed with respect to the observer, appears to be roll-tilted by the same amount that the observer feels to be roll-tilted. Many patients undergoing therapeutic unilateral vestibular nerve section show the illusion symmetrically for left and right roll-tilts prior to the operation, but at testing one week after vestibular nerve section show a large asymmetry: they perceive the illusion when the resultant force is directed toward their intact ear, but they perceive a much reduced illusion when the force is directed toward their operated ear. This roll-tilt perceptual response asymmetry appears similar to the asymmetrical horizontal semicircular canal vestibulo-ocular responses for symmetrical but opposite head accelerations that these same patients exhibit for values of head angular accelerations in the natural range (Ewald’s second law), and the present paper suggests that a version of Ewald’s second law may apply to the otolithic system: specifically, that there is a response asymmetry for linear accelerations. Anatomical and physiological evidence concerning such an otolithic asymmetry is reviewed.

Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Deficits to Rapid Head Turns Following Intratympanic Gentamicin Instillation

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-380
Author(s):  
R.S. Allison ◽  
M. Eizenman ◽  
R.D. Tomlinson ◽  
J. Nedzelski ◽  
J.A. Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Second Law ◽  
Ocular Reflex ◽  
Intratympanic Gentamicin ◽  
Afferent Fibers ◽  
Vestibulo Ocular Reflex ◽  
Unilateral Vestibular Deafferentation ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law ◽  
Strong Asymmetry

The response of the vestibulo-ocular reflex following unilateral vestibular deafferentation by gentamicin ablation was studied using transient stimuli. The response to these rapid passive head turns showed a strong asymmetry with permanent, reduced gains toward the side of lesion. These gain reductions have large variation (gains of 0.26 to 0.83), which may result from preferential sparing of regularly firing afferent fibers following gentamicin ablation. Based on the size and nature of the nonlinearity, an explanation based on Ewald’s second law was discounted.

On the Case for Repeal of Ewald's Second Law

1961 ◽  
Vol 53 (sup159) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Dohlman
Keyword(s):  
Second Law ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law

On the Case for Repeal of Ewald's Second Law Some Introductory Remarks

1961 ◽  
Vol 53 (sup159) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Hallpike
Keyword(s):  
Second Law ◽  
Ewald’S Second Law
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