Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) reveals mesencephalic HTLV-1-associated neurological disease.
Tatiana Rocha SilvaLudimila LabancaJúlia Fonseca de Morais CaporaliMarco Aurélio Rocha SantosLuciana Macedo de ResendeRafael Teixeira Scoralick DiasDenise Utsch GonçalvesPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Neurological impairment in HAM was not restricted to the spinal cord. The mesencephalic connections, tested by ocular VEMP, have been also altered. Damage of the oculomotor system, responsible for eye stabilization during head and body movements, may explain why dizziness is such a frequent complaint in HAM.