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Research at the Dizziness and Balance Center is directed towards understanding and management of patients with dizziness and eye movement disorders. We have both a human and an animal site of ongoing research.
Human Lab and Clinic (Center for Rehabilitation Medicine) 600 sq feet contains 3 dimensional eye movement search coil and optic bench with subjective visual vertical assessment, 150 lb torque rotary chair, quantified dynamic visual acuity, computerized dynamic posturography, caloric irrigator, physical therapy room, 2 clinics, central registration.
- Personnel
- Susan Herdman, PT, PhD
- Ronald Tusa, MD, PhD
- Vallabh Das, EE, PhD
- Courtney Hall, PT, PhD
Monkey Lab (Yerkes) 1,000 sq feet contains two eye movement coil systems capable of single cell physiologic recordings; one system has a high-torque rotary chair.
- Personnel
- Michael Mustari, PhD
- Vallabh Das, PhD
- Ronald Tusa, MD, PhD
- Seji Ono, PhD
Current projects
- Recovery of visual acuity in vestibular deficits.
- Determine the effectiveness of physical therapy for patients with vestibular loss.
- Establish the utility of dynamic visual acuity in following patient with vestibular deficits
- Determine the neural mechanisms of recover of vision.
- Mechanisms of visual tracking
- Determine the cause of congenital and latent nystagmus in monkeys.
- Neural mechanism of smooth pursuit, ocular following and OKN.
- Neural control of visual-vestibular behavior.
- Determine the visual circuits mediating visual-vestibular interactions and VOR gain adaptation.
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