TY - JOUR
AU - MOWRER,, O.H.
AB - Abstract For many years the duration of post-rotation nystagmus was regarded by clinical otologists as a highly reliable index of the functional integrity and general sensitivity of the so-called vestibular apparatus of the inner ear. However, it has been found that nystagmus time varies so greatly from individual to individual and in a given individual from time to time that such measurements are likely to be very deceptive (8). As early as 1914 Güttich (7) called attention to the fluctuation in the nystagmus time of the same individual on different occasions, and ascribed a prominent share in the causation of this fluctuation to changes in the emotional state of the subject. More recently Detlefsen (4), Boenninghaus (2), Fenton (6), and others have discussed the variability of nystagmus duration and have likewise emphasized the apparent influence of emotion and excitement. Other writers (3) have noted a correlation between nystagmus duration and certain abnormal mental conditions; but nowhere, apparently, has there been proposed a definite and specific physiological explanation of how and why the observed nystagmus-time variations occur. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1932 by The Endocrine Society
TI - A NOTE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NYSTAGMUS DURATION AND THYROID CONDITION
JF - Endocrinology
DO - 10.1210/endo-16-4-431
DA - 1932-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/a-note-on-the-relationship-between-nystagmus-duration-and-thyroid-tLXW4EOxP9
SP - 431
VL - 16
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -