Evidence of normal cerebellar control of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in children with high-functioning autism. Export

@article{citeulike:3078125, abstract = {The effect of "tilt-suppression" on post-rotatory vestibular nystagmus was investigated to assess the function of the caudal cerebellar vermis (lobules IX and X, or nodulus and uvula) in 13 school-age children with high-functioning autism (HFA) and 10 normal controls. Tilt-suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) refers to the decreasing of the duration of post-rotatory vestibular nystagmus that occurs when the head is moved out of the plane in which it was located during the previous sustained constant-velocity rotation. The participant is rotated in a vestibular chair with the head upright and then the head is tilted forward just after the chair stops rotating. Such tilt-suppression is impaired with lesions of the cerebellar nodulus and portions of the uvula. Results show that children with HFA have normal post-rotatory nystasmus with the head upright and normal attenuation of post-rotatory nystagmus induced by head tilt. These behavioral findings suggest that lobules IX and X of the cerebellum are spared in high-functioning autism.}, address = {The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.}, author = {Goldberg, M. C. and Landa, R. and Lasker, A. and Cooper, L. and Zee, D. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3078125}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11261464}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11261464}, issn = {0162-3257}, journal = {Journal of autism and developmental disorders}, keywords = {autism, cerebellar, child, evidence, reflex, vestibuloocular}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {519--524}, posted-at = {2008-08-03 03:08:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Evidence of normal cerebellar control of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in children with high-functioning autism.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11261464}, volume = {30}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3078125 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3078125 N2 - The effect of "tilt-suppression" on post-rotatory vestibular nystagmus was investigated to assess the function of the caudal cerebellar vermis (lobules IX and X, or nodulus and uvula) in 13 school-age children with high-functioning autism (HFA) and 10 normal controls. Tilt-suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) refers to the decreasing of the duration of post-rotatory vestibular nystagmus that occurs when the head is moved out of the plane in which it was located during the previous sustained constant-velocity rotation. The participant is rotated in a vestibular chair with the head upright and then the head is tilted forward just after the chair stops rotating. Such tilt-suppression is impaired with lesions of the cerebellar nodulus and portions of the uvula. Results show that children with HFA have normal post-rotatory nystasmus with the head upright and normal attenuation of post-rotatory nystagmus induced by head tilt. These behavioral findings suggest that lobules IX and X of the cerebellum are spared in high-functioning autism. IS - 6 JF - Journal of autism and developmental disorders SN - 0162-3257 AD - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. EP - 524 TI - Evidence of normal cerebellar control of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in children with high-functioning autism. VL - 30 SP - 519 KW - autism KW - cerebellar KW - child KW - evidence KW - reflex KW - vestibuloocular AU - Goldberg, MC AU - Landa, R AU - Lasker, A AU - Cooper, L AU - Zee, DS PY - 2000/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11261464 ER -