Effects of vestibular stimulation during sleep

doi:10.1016/0013-4694(68)90068-0

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volume 24, Issue 1, January 1968, Pages 75-79

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Abstract

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1. The effects of vestibular stimulation upon eye movements were studied in five sleeping children.
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2. The production of depressed nystagmus was significantly associated with the occurrence of the rapid eye movements of sleep.
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3. Slow conjugate deviation of the eyes was observed predominantly during the non-rapid eye movements phase of sleep.

Résumé

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1. Les mouvements oculaires produits par stimulation de l'appareil labyrinthique au cours du sommeil ont étéétudiés chez cinq enfants.
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2. Une réponse nystagmique de durée et d'amplitude réduites a été observée en association avec les bouffées de mouvements oculaires caractéristiques de la phase paradoxale du sommeil.
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3. Pendant les autres stades du sommeil, la réaction oculaire consiste principalement en un mouvement lent et conjugué des deux yeux.

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  (1) The effect of brief periods of sleep on neural processing in the vestibulo-ocular reflex was studied in Macaca speciosa.
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  (2) When sleep interrupted nystagmus during a modified Bárány spinning test, the time constant of nystagmus remained unchanged.
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  (3) This finding shows that during light sleep the neural circuitry which generates a long nystagmus time constant from a short cupular time constant continues to function, even though nystagmus ceases.
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  (1) L'effet de courtes périodes de sommeil sur le processus neuronique qui contrôle le réflexe vestibulo-oculaire a été étudié chez le Macaca speciosa.
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  (2) Lorsque le sommeil interrompt le nystagmus produit par le test de rotation de Bárány la constante de temps du nystagmus n'est pas modifiée.
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  (3) Ce résultat montre que pendant le sommeil, le circuit nerveux qui transforme la constante de temps cupulaire courte en constante de temps prolongée du nystagmus continue à fonctionner même lorsque le nystagmus est interrompu.

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^☆: Supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grants 5-R01-MH 10828, NB-1330 and FR-55 (Clinical Research Center) and by Grant AF 41(609)2768 from the U.S. Air Force.

^∗: The authors wish to express their appreciation to S.O. Zimmerman, Ph.D. and to H. Zepelin, M.A. for their participation in the statistical analysis of the data.

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Clinical and laboratory noteEffects of vestibular stimulation during sleepLes effets de stimulation de l'appareil labyrinthique au cours du sommeil☆

Abstract

Résumé

Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol.

Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol.

Sleep: cortical and subcortical recordings in the chimpanzee

Science

Ocular motility in sleep

J. appl. Physiol.

Spontaneous activity of single vestibular neurons of unrestrained cats during sleep and wakefulness

Arch. ital. Biol.

Task-control of arousal and the effects of repeated unidirectional angular acceleration on human vestibular responses

U.S. Civil Aeromed. Res. Inst.

Clinical and laboratory note
Effects of vestibular stimulation during sleepLes effets de stimulation de l'appareil labyrinthique au cours du sommeil☆