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A. R. BUCHANAN, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1940;31(1):120-126.

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Previous reports have described the galvanic reaction in guinea pigs with unilateral labyrinthectomy and with unilateral destruction of the eighth nerve.¹ It has been shown, contrary to the findings in human subjects reported by Blonder,² that the reaction is still elicitable after destruction of the labyrinth, although requiring a considerably stronger current. This is in agreement with the findings reported by Blau³ and others, including those in the recent report of Northington and Barrera.⁴ After destruction of the eighth nerve the galvanic falling reaction could still be elicited, but, again, a stronger current was required than for normal animals. Dohlman,⁵ Northington and Barrera⁴ and others have found that galvanic nystagmus cannot be elicited after destruction of the eighth nerve.

The nervous structures involved in the galvanic falling reaction seem, logically, to include: (1) the labyrinth; (2) the vestibular division of the eighth nerve; (3) the vestibular nuclei, and (4) the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
UNIVERSITY, MISS.

From the Institute of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, and the Department of Anatomy, University of Mississippi Medical School.

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