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Ian S. Curthoys is a researcher affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of neurology, sensory systems, pathology and forensic medicine, cognitive neuroscience, and ophthalmology.

Curthoys has authored numerous papers emphasizing vestibular and auditory disorders, hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, genetics, ophthalmology and eye disorders, glaucoma and retinal disorders, ear surgery and otitis media, hearing loss and rehabilitation, as well as meningioma and schwannoma management.

Their recent publications include:

  • A review of the geometrical basis and the principles underlying the use and interpretation of the video head impulse test (vHIT) in clinical vestibular testing, 2023, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Similarities and Differences Between Vestibular and Cochlear Systems - A Review of Clinical and Physiological Evidence, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Vestibular contributions to the Romberg test: Testing semicircular canal and otolith function, 2021, European Journal of Neurology
  • Evidence That Ultrafast Nonquantal Transmission Underlies Synchronized Vestibular Action Potential Generation, 2023, Journal of Neuroscience
  • The Anatomical and Physiological Basis of Clinical Tests of Otolith Function. A Tribute to Yoshio Uchino, 2020, Frontiers in Neurology

Frequent collaborators in Curthoys's research include Christopher J. Pastras, Hamish G. MacDougall, Daniel J. Brown, Ann M. Burgess, and Christopher M. Smith.

The researcher regularly publishes in specialized venues with a focus on neurology and auditory research. The most common publication outlets are:

  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Audiology Research
  • Otology & Neurotology
  • Preprints.org
  • The Anatomical Record

With a substantial body of work covering the fields of neuroscience and medicine, Ian S. Curthoys's research spans core topics related to vestibular function and auditory systems. Their contributions provide insight on clinical testing methods, physiological mechanisms, and sensory system functions relevant to neurological and hearing disorders.

Best Publications

  • A clinical sign of canal paresis.

    G M Halmagyi;I S Curthoys

  • The video head impulse test Diagnostic accuracy in peripheral vestibulopathy

    H. G. MacDougall;K. P. Weber;L. A. McGarvie;G. M. Halmagyi

  • Mechanisms of recovery following unilateral labyrinthectomy: a review

    Paul F. Smith;Ian S. Curthoys

  • The Video Head Impulse Test.

    G. M. Halmagyi;Luke Chen;Hamish G. MacDougall;Konrad P. Weber

  • Vestibular compensation: a review of the oculomotor, neural, and clinical consequences of unilateral vestibular loss.

    Curthoys Is;Halmagyi Gm

  • Head impulse test in unilateral vestibular loss: vestibulo-ocular reflex and catch-up saccades

    K. P. Weber;S. T. Aw;M. J. Todd;L. A. McGarvie

  • Responses of guinea pig primary vestibular neurons to clicks

    Murofushi T;Curthoys Is;Topple An;Colebatch Jg

  • The Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) of Semicircular Canal Function - Age-Dependent Normative Values of VOR Gain in Healthy Subjects.

    Leigh Andrew McGarvie;Hamish G. MacDougall;G. Michael Halmagyi;Ann M. Burgess

  • A critical review of the neurophysiological evidence underlying clinical vestibular testing using sound, vibration and galvanic stimuli

    Ian S. Curthoys

  • Planar relationships of the semicircular canals in man.

    R. H. I. Blanks;I. S. Curthoys;C. H. Markham

  • The human horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex in response to high-acceleration stimulation before and after unilateral vestibular neurectomy.

    Halmagyi Gm;Curthoys Is;Cremer Pd;Henderson Cj

  • Bone conducted vibration selectively activates irregular primary otolithic vestibular neurons in the guinea pig

    Ian S. Curthoys;Juno Kim;Samara K. McPhedran;Aaron J. Camp

  • Physiological and Anatomical Study of Click-Sensitive Primary Vestibular Afferents in the Guinea Pig

    Toshihisa Murofushi;Ian S. Curthoys

  • Impulsive testing of semicircular-canal function using video-oculography.

    Konrad P. Weber;Hamish G. MacDougall;G. Michael Halmagyi;Ian S. Curthoys

  • The Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) Detects Vertical Semicircular Canal Dysfunction

    Hamish Gavin MacDougall;Leigh Andrew McGarvie;Gabor Michael Halmagyi;Ian Stewart Curthoys

  • Head taps evoke a crossed vestibulo-ocular reflex.

    S. Iwasaki;L. A. McGarvie;G. M. Halmagyi;A. M. Burgess

  • Vestibular compensation and substitution.

    Ian S. Curthoys

  • Semicircular canal plane head impulses detect absent function of individual semicircular canals.

    P D Cremer;G M Halmagyi;S T Aw;I S Curthoys

  • Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials to bone conducted vibration of the midline forehead at Fz in healthy subjects

    S. Iwasaki;Y.E. Smulders;A.M. Burgess;L.A. McGarvie

  • Three-dimensional vector analysis of the human vestibuloocular reflex in response to high-acceleration head rotations. I. Responses in normal subjects

    S. T. Aw;T. Haslwanter;G. M. Halmagyi;I. S. Curthoys

  • Neuronal activity in the ipsilateral medial vestibular nucleus of the guinea pig following unilateral labyrinthectomy.

    Paul F. Smith;Ian S. Curthoys

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Michael Halmagyi
G. Michael Halmagyi Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Charles H. Markham
Charles H. Markham University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul F. Smith
Paul F. Smith University of Otago
Peter Wenderoth
Peter Wenderoth Macquarie University
Toshihisa Murofushi
Toshihisa Murofushi Teikyo University
Americo A. Migliaccio
Americo A. Migliaccio Neuroscience Research Australia
James G. Colebatch
James G. Colebatch University of New South Wales
Pierre-Paul Vidal
Pierre-Paul Vidal Université Paris Cité
Mayank B. Dutia
Mayank B. Dutia University of Edinburgh
Michael Sendtner
Michael Sendtner University of Würzburg

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