October 23 - 27, 2006. Application of New Technologies to Evaluate the Vestibular, Ocular Motor and Cerebellar Systems
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Teaching Personnel
Michael Strupp - Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Thomas Brandt - Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Application of new Technologies to Evaluate the Vestibular, Ocular Motor, and Cerebellar Systems Clinical Research Group on the Vestibular and Ocular Motor Systems
During the last three decades new laboratory techniques have been developed to examine the ocular motor, vestibular, and cerebellar systems in health and disease. They include:
1. the magnetic search-coil technique and video-oculography to record eye movements with high precision;
2. click-evoked myogenic potentials to test saccular function;
3. ocular counter roll and psychophysical determination of the subjective visual vertical to test utricular function;
4. posturography to evaluate balance and vestibulospinal reflexes;
5. functional imaging of the brain to evaluate the central vestibular and ocular motor system.
The major aims of this seminar of the Clinical Research Group on Vestibular and Ocular Motor Systems at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich will be first, to describe these technologies, second, to report on their application in scientific and clinical studies and, third, to discuss their limitations. This will require an interdisciplinary approach involving anatomists, neurologists, neuro-otologists, and engineers. Therefore, specialists in the fields of the anatomy and physiology of these systems will first lecture on the basic anatomic and physiological aspects. Then the relevant laboratory techniques, namely the magnetic search-coil technique, video-oculography, click-evoked myogenic potentials, posturography, and functional imaging of the brain, will be demonstrated. In the next step, their application for elucidating the basic and physiological functions as well as the pathophysiology in certain disorders will be discussed. Since the data from these studies can be used to develop models of the vestibular, ocular motor, and cerebellar systems, participants will finally learn the basics of computer modeling and its clinical application for a deeper understanding of these systems in health and disease.
This seminar should further stimulate the ongoing lively interaction between neuroanatomists, neurophysiologists, neurologists, biologists, engineers, and students of different faculties at the university. At the end of the seminar, the newly acquired knowledge will be tested by video-quizzes on common ocular motor, vestibular, and cerebellar disorders. These multiple-choice tests will help to evaluate the success of the tutorial program as well as the learning process of the participants.
Last but not least, the lectures will also be systematically evaluated to further improve their quality in future seminars.
Contact
Chiara Bianchini - LMU Seminars Coordinator
Tel. + 39 041 2719511
Fax. + 39 041 2719510
