Phenomena and Processes

Physiologic Nystagmus

Involuntary rhythmical movements of the eyes in the normal person. These can be naturally occurring as in end-position (end-point, end-stage, or deviational) nystagmus or induced by the optokinetic drum (NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC), caloric test, or a rotating chair.

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Involuntary rhythmical movements of the eyes in the normal person. These can be naturally occurring as in end-position (end-point, end-stage, or deviational) nystagmus or induced by the optokinetic drum (NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC), caloric test, or a rotating chair.

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  • Nystagmus, Physiologic
  • Nystagmus, Physiological
  • Physiological Nystagmus
  • Nystagmus, Barany
  • Nystagmus, Barany's
  • Nystagmus, Caloric
  • Nystagmus, End-Position
  • Nystagmus, Positional
  • Nystagmus, Post-Rotatory
  • Nystagmus, Thermal
  • Barany Nystagmus
  • Barany's Nystagmus
  • Caloric Nystagmus
  • End-Position Nystagmus
  • Nystagmus, Baranys
  • Nystagmus, End Position
  • Nystagmus, Post Rotatory
  • Positional Nystagmus
  • Post-Rotatory Nystagmus
  • Thermal Nystagmus

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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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note category: NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC and NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL are available for the disease

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83; NYSTAGMUS, BARANY was NYSTAGMUS, BARANY'S 1993-97

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  • Eye Movements (1966-1982)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Physiologic Nystagmus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009760. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009760
  2. Physiologic Nystagmus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus
  3. Physiologic Nystagmus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220989