NDLI: Effect of tongue stimulation on nystagmus eye movements in blind patients

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Author	Nau, Amy Hertle, Richard W. Yang, Dongsheng
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	We have observed dramatic effects of tactile tongue stimulation on nystagmus eye movements in patients with acquired blindness, and we report these results. Six adult subjects (3 subjects with light perception or worse vision and 3 normal subjects) were included in this study. Causes of blindness included traumatic explosion, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, and central retinal artery occlusion. Duration of blindness was 15, 3 and 1.5 years, respectively. A video eye tracking system (Eyelink 1000) was used to record eye movements. The eye movement recording (EMR) was repeated four times in a span of 20 min. Two of the EMRs were performed without tongue stimulation and two with tongue stimulation in randomized order. A tongue stimulus was applied to the surface of the tongue using a Brainport device that produces an electrical tactile stimulus. The nystagmus waveform characteristics and frequency were analyzed. We found that all blind subjects showed continuous jerk nystagmus with slow and quick phases, mainly in horizontal plane in their primary eye positions. The recorded nystagmus waveforms were jerk with linear velocity slow phases. When the tongue stimulus was applied, the frequency of nystagmus was significantly reduced by 47, 40, and 11%, and relative amplitude was reduced by 43, 45, and 6% for three blind subjects, respectively. In conclusion, we think our results that tongue stimulation influences nystagmus eye movements support a link between non-visual sensory input and ocular motor activity.
Starting Page	761
Ending Page	765
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18632653
Journal	Anatomy and Embryology
Volume Number	217
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	18632661
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-02-21
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Nystagmus Eye movement Ocular motor Tongue Neurosciences Cell Biology Neurology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neuroscience Anatomy Histology

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