Thomas Brandt

TL;DR: The self-motion illusion is a common visual illusion which allows inferences concerning visual-vestibular interaction as mentioned in this paper, and it may be perceived while gazing at moving clouds, streaming water, or when a train moves on the adjacent track in a railway station.

TL;DR: The current data on BVL patients and bilateral hippocampal atrophy revive the idea that a major--and probably phylogenetically ancient--function of the archicortical hippocampal tissue is still evident in spatial aspects of memory processing for navigation, and demonstrate for the first time in humans that spatial navigation critically depends on preserved vestibular function.

TL;DR: Sixty-six patients with the symptoms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo were treated by challenging them with the precipitating head positions on a repeated and serial basis and one patient whose condition did not respond was found to have a perilymphatic fistula that mimicked BPPV.

TL;DR: This PET study showed for the first time that cortical and subcortical activation by vestibular caloric stimulation depends on the handedness of the subjects and on the side of the stimulated ear.

TL;DR: Migraine is a relevant differential diagnosis for episodic vertigo and the use of the more appropriate term “vestibular migraine” is proposed to ensure that at least those presenting with monosymptomatic episodic Vertigo receive effective treatment.