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In acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUVP, namely vestibular neuritis), hyperventilation can induce different patterns of nystagmus (excitatory, inhibitory, or negative), disclosing or modifying existing static vestibular asymmetries through its ability to invalidate compensation or increase peripheral excitability. In this context, we followed the evolutionary stages of HVIN in AUVP across 35 consecutive patients, with the goal of assessing alterations in the oculomotor pattern caused by hyperventilation over time. In the acute phase, the incidence of the excitatory pattern (and the strongly excitatory one, consisting of a reversal nystagmus evoked by hyperventilation) was significantly higher compared to the inhibitory pattern; then, a progressive reduction in the incidence of the excitatory pattern and a concomitant gradual increase in the incidence of the inhibitory one were observed in the follow-up period. Assuming the role of the ephaptic effect and the transient loss of vestibular compensation as opposing mechanisms, i.e., excitatory and inhibitory, respectively, the oculomotor pattern evoked by hyperventilation is the result of the interaction of these two factors. The data obtained allowed us to hypothesize an interpretative model regarding the pathogenetic aspects of responses evoked by hyperventilation and the etiologies of the disease: according to our hypotheses, the excitatory pattern implies a neuritic (viral) form of AUVP; instead, the inhibitory (and negative) one can be an expression of both the neuritic (viral) and vascular forms of the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/audiolres14030037","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,21]],"date-time":"2024-05-21T05:40:47Z","timestamp":1716270047000},"page":"442-456","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Evolution of Hyperventilation-Induced Nystagmus in Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy\u2014Interpretative Model and Etiopathogenetic Hypotheses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-1601-3474","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesco","family":"Frati","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alessandra","family":"D\u2019Orazio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4875-1201","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valeria","family":"Gambacorta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giacomo","family":"Ciacca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giampietro","family":"Ricci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mario","family":"Faralli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"487","DOI":"10.1097\/MOO.0b013e328364a8bb","article-title":"Utility of the hyperventilation test in the evaluation of the dizzy patient","volume":"21","author":"Califano","year":"2013","journal-title":"Curr. 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