Neurophysiological approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of vestibular disorders in migraine and epilepsy

Sorokina N.D.; Pertsov S.S.; Selitskiĭ G.V.; Tsagashek A.V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro2019119061128

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Abstract:

The review considers the results of domestic and foreign studies of modern neurophysiological diagnosis of vestibular disorders in migraine and epilepsy. Currently, there is a large number of physiological and clinical methods to evaluate the functions of the peripheral and central parts of the vestibular sensory system. However, among the tests, the samples for the assessment of the physiological state of horizontal semicircular canals and associated stem canals predominate. In recent years, neurophysiological techniques that reflect the work of the structures of the nervous system, previously inaccessible to direct study, are being actively introduced. Modern effective neurophysiological methods of rehabilitation of patients with migraine-associated and other various vestibular disorders have been developed. Further study of neurophysiological approaches to the diagnosis of vestibular disorders in migraine and epilepsy will significantly expands the current understanding of neurophysiological mechanisms of brain functions.

Keywords:

vertigo/dizziness

migraine-associated vertigo/dizziness

vertigo/dizziness in epilepsy

neurophysiological methods of diagnosis and rehabilitation of vestibular dysfunction

Authors:

Sorokina N.D.

Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ mediko-stomatologicheskiĭ universitet im. A.I. Evdokimova, Moskva

Pertsov S.S.

Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia;
Anokhin Research Institute of Normal Physiology, Moscow, Russia

Selitskiĭ G.V.

Tsagashek A.V.

Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia

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