Oxford Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance

Prof Adolfo M. Bronstein is a Consultant Neurologist at Imperial NHS and at the National Hospital Queen Square. He is Professor of Neuro-otology in the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. He is a regular speaker and session organiser at European and World neurological congresses. He is the founding member of the British Society of Neuro-otology (BSNO) and an ex president of the Neurosciences section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has published 4 books on balance and dizziness, the most popular co-authored with Thomas Lempert, entitled “Dizziness, a practical approach to diagnosis and management” by Cambridge University Press.

List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
1: Herman Kingma and Raymond van de Berg: Biophysics of the vestibular system
2: Dominik Straumann and Alexander A. Tarnutzer: Vestibular physiology: How to be a clinician and yet think physiologically
3: Neel Fotedar, Alessandro Serra, and Aasef G. Shaikh: The vestibulo-ocular reflexes and perception of self-motion
4: John H. J. Allum and Mark G. Carpenter: Postural control and the vestibulospinal system
5: Bill J. Yates: The vestibulo-autonomic system
6: Ian S. Curthoys and G. Michael Halmagyi: Multi-sensory interaction and vestibular compensation
7: Marianne Dieterich and Thomas Brandt: Functional imaging of the vestibular system
8: G. Michael Halmagyi and Ian S. Curthoys: Clinic anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
9: Thomas Lempert: I am an otologist, what neurology do I need to know?
10: Louisa J. Murdin, Rosalyn A. Davies, and Harry R. F. Powell: I am a neurologist, what otology do I need to know?
11: Adolfo M. Bronstein and Thomas Lempert: Symptoms and syndromes in the patient with dizziness or unsteadiness
12: Amir Kheradmand and David S. Zee: Clinical bedside examination
13: Adolfo M. Bronstein: Oscillopsia and visuo-vestibular symptoms
14: Kristen Janky, Scott Eggers, and Devin L. McCaslin: The role of vestibular laboratory testing
15: Sotirios Bisdas, Mark Radon, and Tarek A. Yousry: Imaging of vertigo and labyrinthine disorders
16: Alexandre R. Bisdorff, Jeffrey P. Staab, and David E. Newman-Toker: Vestibular symptoms, balance and their disorders: How will we classify them?
17: Marousa Pavlou and Susan L. Whitney: The principles of balance assessment and rehabilitation
18: Eva Grill, Hannelore K. Neuhauser, and Thomas Lempert: The epidemiology of vertigo, dizziness, and postural instability
19: Michael Strupp and Thomas Brandt: Acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUVP) / vestibular neuritis
20: Daniele Nuti, Marco Mandalà, and David S. Zee: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A guide to diagnosis and treatment
21: Michael von Brevern: Migraine and other episodic vestibular disorders
22: Yuri Agrawal, John Carey, Bryan Ward, and Deepa Galaiya: Ménière's Disease
23: Hyung Lee and Ji-Soo Kim: Posterior circulation stroke and vestibular syndromes
24: Lidia Frejo, Joanna C. Jen, and Jose A. Lopez Escamez: Genetics of episodic and progressive vestibulocerebellar syndromes
25: Thomas Brandt, Marianne Dieterich, and Michael Strupp: Bilateral vestibulopathy: Causes and courses
26: Kevin Barraclough and Barry Seemungal: Vertigo and dizziness in general medicine
27: John F. Golding and Michael A. Gresty: Motion sickness and disorientation in vehicles
28: Alexander A. Tarnutzer and David E. Newman-Toker: Fits, faints, funny turns, and falls in the differential diagnosis of the dizzy patient
29: Jeffrey P. Staab: Behavioural neuro-otology
30: Heiko M. Rust and Barry M. Seemungal: Vestibular dysfunction in traumatic brain injury
31: Diego Kaski and Joseph M. Furman: Dizziness in the elderly
32: Sylvette Wiener-Vacher: Vertigo and balance disorders in children
33: Jonny Harcourt and Peter Rea: Vestibular surgery