Dr Hamish G. MacDougall BSc (Hons), PhD

Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation in Microgravity
Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation in Microgravity
(European Space Agency parabolic flight)
Position: ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Office: Rm 514, Griffith Taylor Building
Ph: +61 2 9351 8669
Fax: +61 2 9036 5292
Email: 

Postal Address:
School of Psychology
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia


Postdoc Training
Education
Honours / Awards
Current Grants
Past Grants
Publications
Conference Presentations
Vestibular research laboratory:
(http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/vestibular/)

Human Aerospace Laboratory, Department of Neurology,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY:
(http://www.mssm.edu/labs/moores01/)

Antwerp University Research centre for Equilibrium
and Aerospace, Belgium:
(http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=floris.wuyts)

Driving Research Vehicle
(http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/staff/hamish/Driving_Research_Vehicle/)

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Postdoctoral Training

  • Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship ( APD). Australian Research Council (ARC), 2006-2008.
  • Research Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Neurology Dept., 2003 – 2006.

 

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Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, 1998-2003, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • (Dissertation: “The Human Eye-Movement Response to Maintained
  • Surface Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation”)
  • Bachelor of Science Honors, 1996, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
  • Bachelor of Science, 1993-1995, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia

 

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Honours / Awards

  • NASA Certificate of Recognition for a Space Act Award, November 8, 2005
  • H. Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion for best PhD thesis in Psychology, 2003
  • School of Psychology , Research Publication Prize for 2003
  • Research Scholarship - Garnett Passe & Rodney Williams Foundation. 2001-2003
  • School of Psychology , Research Publication Prize for 2002
  • Scholarship - Barany Society - Young Scientist 2002
  • Student Fellowship - NIDCD of the National Institute of Health 2002
  • Ph.D. Scholarship - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. 1998-2000
  • NASA Certificate of Achievement, ATLAS project on Neurolab, STS-90. 1998

 

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Grant Support

Current Grants

09-12 Hamish G. MacDougall (PI). Incomplete Vestibular Compensation: Real-world Characterisation, Prediction and Intervention. The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation. $300.000 PI.

09-12 NNJ08ZSA002N Steven Moore (PI), Hamish MacDougall (CoPI), Bandar Hakim (Post-doc), Valentina Dilda (Post-doc),. Assessment of operator proficiency following long-duration spaceflight.. NASA US$1200,000, CoPI

08-12 NNJ07ZSA002N ( S. Moore PI) NSBRI. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) as an Analogue of Post-Flight Sensorimotor Dysfunction US$1400,000 Co-PI.

08-11 MW Wiggins, HG MacDougall, DP O’Hare, NP Smith., Cue Acquisition as a Mediator of Cognitive Skills Development. ARC Linkage Project LP0884006, $220,000 CoI

08-09 Hamish G MacDougall, Steven T Moore, Ian S Curthoys, and Dena Attalla. Galvanic Vestibular Spatial Disorientation Training for Pilots. Qantas Research Proposal, Research Agreement September 2008.

06-10 Validation of centrifugation as a countermeasure for otolith deconditioning during spaceflight (SPIN) and validation of a specific drug against g-level transition induced spatial disorientation and orthostatic intolerance (SPIN-D). Life Sciences Research, ESA €700,000, CoI.

 

Past Grants

06-08 ARC (H MacDougall, APD) Australian Research Council, Discovery Grant. Functional Assessment of Head-eye Coordination during Driving. 03/31/06-0 2/28/09 APD $255,000

04-09 NNJ04HD66G ( S. Moore, PI) NASA Pilot study of artificial gravity as a multi-system countermeasure to bed rest deconditioning 4/1/04-3/30/07 $276,234 (MSSM subcontract) CoI.

04-08 NNJ04HF51G ( S. Moore, PI) NASA Head-eye coordination during simulated Orbiter landing 6/1/04-5/31/09 $890,368 Co-Investigator.

05- 09 TBD ( S. Moore, PI) NASA. Effect of microgravity on natural head movements NASA ISS flight experiment selected 11/24/2004. On Hold. $1,231,375 CoPI.

05-07 SM00801 through NASA NCC 9-58 ( S. Moore, PI) NASA/National Space Biomedical Research Institute. Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) augmented training for exploration class missions 10/1/05-9/30/06 $120,000 CoPI.

05 39 th Parabolic Flight Campaign: Head-eye coordination during G-level transitions. ESA. CoPI.

05 41 st Parabolic Flight Campaign: Head-eye coordination during G-level transitions. ESA. CoPI.

03-04 Post-Doctoral Fellowship to provide support to the Neurovestibular Team of the NSBRI for countermeasure research in artificial gravity (A/G): Post Doctoral Fellow. $50,000.

03-04 Validation of centrifugation as a countermeasure for in-flight otolith deconditioning. NASA grant NCC 9-128. Post Doctoral Fellow. $660,000.

03-04 Promethazine effects on adaptation to cross coupled vestibular stimulation. NSBRI grant NA00202. Post Doctoral Fellow.

00-03 Research Scholarship: Clinical application of galvanic vestibular stimulation and eye movement response analysis using video image processing. The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation. Doctoral Student. $62,500

94-00 Adaptation to Linear Acceleration in Space: Spatial Orientation of the VOR. Neurolab Project on Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-90). NAS 9-1944 NASA Neurolab Contract (E-047 & E-126). Post Graduate Student. $1,591,000




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Publications (peer reviewed journals)

Peer-reviewed Papers:

  1. Hamish G. MacDougall*, Konrad P. Weber*, Leigh A. McGarvie, G. Michael Halmagyi, Ian S. Curthoys. The Video Head Impulse Test: Diagnostic Accuracy in Peripheral Vestibulopathy. Neurology – Oct 2009; 73: 1134 - 1141. PDF
  2. Elaine D. Cornell, Ann M. Burgess, Hamish G. MacDougall, Ian S. Curthoys Vertical and horizontal eye movement responses to unilateral and bilateral bone conducted vibration to the mastoid. J Vis Res. Accepted May 9 2009 - In Press.
  3. Steven T. Moore, Hamish G. MacDougall, Xavier Lesceu, Jean-Jacques Speyer, Floris Wuyts and Jonathan B. Clark. Head-eye coordination during simulated orbiter landing. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine. Aviat Space Environ Med 2008;79:888-898. PDF
  4. S. Iwasaki, Y.E. Smulders, A.M. Burgess, L.A. McGarvie, H.G. MacDougall, G. M. Halmagyi, I.S. Curthoys. Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials to bone conducted vibration of the midline forehead at Fz in healthy subjects. Clin Neurophysiol. 2008 Sep;119(9):2135-47. Epub 2008 Jul 17. PDF
  5. S. Iwasaki, Y.E. Smulders, A.M. Burgess, L.A. McGarvie, H.G. MacDougall, G.M. Halmagyi, I.S. Curthoys Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Response to Bone-Conducted Vibration of the Midline Forehead at Fz - A New Indicator of Unilateral Otolithic Loss. Audiol Neurotol 2008;13:396-404 PDF
  6. Moore ST , MacDougall HG, Ondo WG. Ambulatory monitoring of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease J Neurosci Methods. 2008 Jan 30;167(2):340-8. Epub 2007 Sep 2. PDF
  7. Steven T Moore, PhD; Hamish G MacDougall, PhD; Jean-Michel Gracies, MD. Locomotor response to levodopa in fluctuating Parkinson’s disease. Exp Brain Res. 2008 Feb;184(4):469-78. Epub 2007 Sep 8. PDF
  8. Steven T Moore, PhD; Hamish G MacDougall, PhD; Jean-Michel Gracies, MD, PhD; Helen S Cohen, DEd; William G Ondo, MD. Long-term monitoring of gait in Parkinson's disease Gait Posture 2006. In Press. PDF
  9. Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Cohen H, Peters B, Bloomberg J, GVS Modeling locomotor dysfunction following spaceflight with Galvanic vestibular stimulation. Experimental Brain Research – Accepted March 23, 2006. Epub Jun 9, 2006. PDF
  10. MacDougall HG, Moore S, Curthoys I, Black O, Modeling Vestibulopathic Postural Instability with Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. Experimental Brain Research – Jan 2006, Pages 1 – 13. PDF
  11. Maruta J, MacDougall HG, Simpson J, Raphan T, Cohen B. Eye Velocity Asymmetry, Ocular Orientation and Convergence Induced by Angular Rotation in the Rabbit. Vision Research - 2006 Mar; 46(6-7):961-9. Epub Dec 7, 2005. PDF
  12. Voustianiouk A, Kaufmann H. Diedrich A, Raphan T, Biaggioni I, MacDougall HG. Ogorodnikov D. Cohen B., Electrical Activation of the Human Vestibulo-Sympathetic Reflex (VSR). Experimental Brain Research – 2006 May;171(2):251-61. Epub 2005 Nov 25. PDF
  13. MacDougall H.G., Moore S.T. Marching To the Beat of the Same Drummer: The Spontaneous Tempo of Human Locomotion. Journal of Applied Physiology 99:1164-1173, 2005. PDF
  14. Vibert N, Burgess A.M., Curthoys I.S., Guildcrist D.P., Hoang T, MacDougall H.G., Roberts R, Vidal P.P. Psychophysiological correlates of the inter-individual variability of head movement control in seated humans. Gait and Posture - In Press (accepted April 4, 2005). PDF
  15. MacDougall H.G., Moore S.T. (2005). Functional Assessment of Head-eye Coordination during Vehicle Operation. Optometry and Vision. Science 82, NO. 8, PP. 706–715. 2005. PDF
  16. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., Burgess A.M., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (2005). Patient and Normal Three-dimensional Eye-Movement Responses to Maintained (DC) Surface Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. Otology and Neurotology 26:500–511, 2005. PDF
  17. Migliaccio, A. A., MacDougall, H. G., Minor, L. B., Della Santina, C. C. Inexpensive system for real-time 3-dimensional video-oculography using a fluorescent marker array. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2005 Apr 30; 143(2):141-50. Epub 2004 Nov 28. PDF
  18. Goonetilleke, S. C., Curthoys I. S., Burgess A. M., MacDougall H. G. (2004). Cognitive Demands Affects The Gain Of The Torsional Optokinetic Response. Experimental Brain Research: 158(1): 125-128. PDF
  19. Ball, H. J., MacDougall, H. G., McGregor, I. S. & Hunt N. H. (2004). Cyclooxygenase-2 in the Pathogenesis of Murine Cerebral Malaria. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 189(4):751-8. PDF
  20. Mezey, L. E., Curthoys, I. S., Burgess, A. M., & MacDougall, H. G. (2004). Changes in ocular torsion position produced by a single visual line - visual "entrainment" of ocular torsion. Vision Research. 44 (4):397-406. PDF
  21. Ooi, D., Cornell, E. D., Curthoys, I. S., Burgess, A. M., MacDougall, H.G. (2004). Convergence Reduces Ocular Counterroll (OCR) During Static Roll-tilt. Vision Research. 44 (24): 2825-2833. PDF
  22. Cornell, E.D., H.G. MacDougall, J. Predebon, and I.S. (2003). Errors of Binocular Fixation are Common in Normal Subjects during Natural Conditions. Optometry & Vision Science, 2003. 80(11): p. 764-771. PDF
  23. Karlberg, M., Aw, S. T., Black, R. A., Todd, M. J., MacDougall, H. G. & Halmagyi, G. M. (2003). Vibration-induced ocular torsion and nystagmus after unilateral vestibular deafferentation. Brain. 126: 956-964. PDF
  24. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., & Curthoys, I. S. (2003). Linearity, symmetry and additivity of the human eye-movement response to maintained unilateral and bilateral surface galvanic (DC) vestibular stimulation. Experimental Brain Research. 148: 166-175. PDF
  25. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., Burgess, A. M., & Curthoys, I. S. (2002). Between-subject Variability and Within-subject Reliability of the Human Eye-movement Response to Bilateral Galvanic (DC) Vestibular Stimulation. Experimental Brain Research, 144(2), 69-780. PDF
  26. Vibert, N., MacDougall, H. G., de Waele, C., Gilchrist, D. P. D., Burgess, A. M., Sidis, A., Migliaccio, A., Curthoys, I. S., & Vidal, P. P. (2001). Variability in the control of head movements in seated humans: a link with whiplash injuries? Journal of Physiology, 532(3), 851-868. PDF
  27. Gilchrist, D. P., Curthoys, I. S., Burgess, A. M., Cartwright, A. D., Jinnouchi, K., MacDougall, H. G., & Halmagyi, G. M. (2000). Semicircular canal occlusion causes permanent VOR changes. Neuroreport, 11(11), 2527-2531. PDF
  28. Cuthbert, P. C., Gilchrist, D. P., Hicks, S. L., MacDougall, H. G., & Curthoys, I. S. (2000). Electrophysiological evidence for vestibular activation of the guinea pig hippocampus. Neuroreport, 11(7), 1443-1447. PDF
  29. Betts, G. A., Barone, M., Karlberg, M., MacDougall, H., & Curthoys, I. S. (2000). Neck muscle vibration alters visually-perceived roll after unilateral vestibular loss. Neuroreport, 11(12), 2659-2662. PDF
  30. Watson SRD, Brizuela AE, Curthoys IS, Colebatch JG, MacDougall HG, Halmagyi GM (1998) Maintained ocular torsion produced by bilateral and unilateral galvanic vestibular stimulation in humans. Experimental Brain Research 122:453-458. PDF

Other Publications

  1. Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T. Moore, Ross A. Black, Neryla Jolly, Ian S. Curthoys. On-road assessment of driving performance in bilateral vestibular-deficient patients. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. In Press.
  2. Scott J. Wood, F. Owen Black, Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T. Moore. Electrotactile Feedback of Sway Position Improves Postural Performance During Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - In Press
  3. Konrad P. Weber, Hamish G. MacDougall, G. Michael Halmagyi, Ian S. Curthoys. Impulsive testing of semicircular canal function using video-oculography. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - In Press
  4. Curthoys IS, Burgess AM, MacDougall HG, McGarvie LA, Halmagyi GM, Smulders YE, Iwasaki S. Testing Human Otolith Function Using Bone-conducted Vibration. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - In Press
  5. Moore Steven T, MacDougall Hamish G. Validation of centrifugation as a countermeasure for otolith deconditioning during space flight. NASA Tech Brief MSC-23957-1. November 8, 2005.
  6. Migliaccio Americo A; Della Santina Charles; Macdougall Hamish G. Applicant: Univ Johns Hopkins (Us); Method and Apparatus for Three-Dimensional Video-Oculography. European Patent Office (international) Application number: WO2005077259 Publication date: August 25, 2005.
  7. MacDougall Hamish G. The Human Eye-Movement Response to Maintained Surface Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of: Doctor of Philosophy. May 2003.
  8. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (2002). 3-D eye-movement responses to surface galvanic vestibular stimulation in normals and patients: a comparison. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 956, 546-550. PDF
  9. MacDougall, H. G., Curthoys, I. S., Betts, G. A., Burgess, A. M., & Halmagyi, G. M. (1999). Human ocular counterrolling during roll-tilt and centrifugation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 871, 173-180. PDF
  10. Curthoys, I. S., Betts, G. A., Burgess, A. M., MacDougall, H. G., Cartwright, A. D., & Halmagyi, G. M. (1999). The planes of the utricular and saccular maculae of the guinea pig. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 871, 27-34. PDF



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Conference Presentations

  1. MacDougall H G, What is special about the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Neuro-otology Society of Australia 19th Annual Meeting Royal Brisbane Hospital 16-17th October 2009

  2. Neryla Jolly, Nathan Clunas, Hamish MacDougall Diplopia (Double vision) and Driver Safety. Smarter Safer Directions 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference. 11-10 November 2009.
  3. Susan G. Wardle, David Alais, John Cass & Hamish G. MacDougall. Bistable depth ordering in motion transparency. 32nd European Conference on Visual Perception  August 24th - 28th 2009 in Regensburg, Germany
  4. Valentina Dilda, Hamish MacDougall, Steven Moore. Habituation of postural response to Galvanic vestibular stimulation. The International Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR) 2009, 21-25 June 2009, Bologna, Italy
  5. H. G. MacDougall, K. P. Weber, L. A. McGarvie, G. M. Halmagyi, I. S. Curthoys. Identification of a peripheral vestibular deficit with the video head impulse test. 39th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience 2009, Oct. 17-21,in Chicago, Ill.
  6. Hamish G. MacDougall; Konrad P. Weber; Leigh A. McGarvie ; G. Michael Halmagyi; Ian S. Curthoys. Video Eye-Movement Analysis of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (VOR) during Head Impulse Testing. Eye Movements and Vision, a symposium in honour of Fred Miles; 3 April 2009. Oxford, England.
  7. Floris. L Wuyts, Hamish MacDougall, Kristof Buytaert, Pierre-Francois Migeotte, Nathalie Pattyn, Andre Diedrich, Bernie Cohen, Steven Moore, Gilles Clement. SPIN: Validation of centrifugation as a countermeasure for otolith deconditioning during spaceflight: preliminary data. The 30th Annual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting 24-29 May, 2009. Fourth Military Medical University. Xi'an, China
  8. T. Grundgeiger, P.M. Sanderson, H.G. MacDougall, & B. Venkatesh. Distributed Prospective Memory: An approach to understanding how nurses remember tasks. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's 53rd Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, October 19-23 2009.
  9. Buytaert KI, MacDougall HG, Migeotte P-F, Vanspauwen R, Nooij SA, Neyt X, Van de Heyning PH, Wuyts FL1. Reliability of Utricular Function Testing Using a Sinusoidal Translation Profile during Unilateral Centrifugation.: International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) 17th Human in Space Symposium. 7-11 June 2009 Moscow, Russia.
  10. Hamish MacDougall, Helen Paterson, Martijn Mooij, Andrew Neal. Point-of-regard analysis during live fire training reveals performance, skills and strategies. The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) 16th Annual Conference and Bushfire Cooperative Research Center (CRC) Conference. Queensland 22-24 September, 2009.
  11. Tjen Sin Lie; Bryce Chiang; Yichung Law; Grace Tan; Robert Romano; Luccie Wo; Americo Migliaccio; Hamish Macdougall; Charles C. Della Santina A Small Inexpensive Motor for Head Impulse Testing of Vestibular Function.  Poster Submission 12112009. 32nd MidWinter Meeting for the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. February 14-19, 2009.
  12. ED Cornell, A Burgess, H.G. MacDougall, IS Curthoys. Eye Movement Responses to Unilateral and Bilateral Otolithic Stimulation from Bone Conducted Sound. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2009 Annual Meeting. May 3-7 2009, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
  13. T. Grundgeiger, P.M. Sanderson, H.G. MacDougall, & B. Venkatesh. How nurses overcome interruptions: An analysis of distributed support. 17th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). August 9-14, 2009 in Beijing, China
  14. Weber KP *, MacDougall HG *, McGarvie LA, Halmagyi GM and Curthoys IS . Video head Impulses “show and tell”. The Neuro Otology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting: 1-2 November 2008. Sydney, Australia
  15. H.G. MacDougall, S.T. MOORE, R.A. BLACK, N. JOLLY, I.S. Curthoys: On-road assessment of driving performance in bilateral vestibular-deficient patients. The Neuro Otology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting: 1-2 November 2008. Sydney, Australia
  16. I. S. Curthoys , F. E. Guedry, J. E. Holly, C. H. Markham, H. G. Macdougall, A. M. Burgess, O. N. Abedin. The effect of linear acceleration on horizontal nystagmus during off-center yaw centrifugation. Poster#: 367.22/JJ22. Neuroscience 2008, the 38th annual
  17. E. D. Cornell , A. M. Burgess, H.G. MacDougall, I. S. Curthoys. Eye movement responses to unilateral and bilateral bone conducted vibration of the head Location. Poster#: 367.25/JJ25, Neuroscience 2008, the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 15 - 19 in Washington, DC
  18. Neryla Jolly , Hamish MacDougall & Nathan Clunas. Responses from a Vehicle Simulator for Drivers with Normal Vision and Drivers with Peripheral Vision Loss. Orthoptic Association of Australia 65th Annual Scientific Conference. Melbourne, VIC. Australia. 23-26 November 2008
  19. S.T. Moore, H.G. MacDougall, W.G. Ondo. Ambulatory monitoring of motor fluctuations and freezing of gait: Objective assessment of the efficacy of pharmacological treatments in Parkinson’s disease. The Movement Disorder Society ( MDS) 12th International Congress Chicago, IL, USA – June 22-26, 2008
  20. F. Owen Black, Scott J. Wood, H. MacDougall, Steven Moore. Influence of electrotactile tongue feedback on control of upright stance during Galvanic vestibular stimulation. Congress on “Basic and Clinical Aspects of Vertigo and Dizziness” 22nd to 25th June 2008 in Kloster Seeon. Germany
  21. Hamish G. MacDougall. A Portable and Affordable Vestibular Testing Kit. The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation - Frontiers in Otorhinolaryngology 2008. 30 July - 1 August 2008. Noosa, Queensland. Australia
  22. Curthoys IS, Burgess AM, MacDougall HG, McGarvie LA, Halmagyi GM, Smulders YE, Iwasaki S. Testing otolith function using bone-conducted vibration. Congress on “Basic and Clinical Aspects of Vertigo and Dizziness” 22 nd to 25 th June 2008 in Kloster Seeon. Germany
  23. MacDougall HG ,  Black RA ,  Jolly N , Curthoys IS. Head-eye coordination during driving in vestibular-deficient patients. Congress on “Basic and Clinical Aspects of Vertigo and Dizziness” 22 nd to 25 th June 2008 in Kloster Seeon.
  24. MacDougall H.G. and Black R. Point-of-Regard analysis in the assessment and rehabilitation of hemispheric neglect patients. OT AUSTRALIA National Conference & Exhibition 2008, 11 to 13 September, Sofitel, Melbourne VIC Australia.
  25. MacDougall HG, Attalla D, Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS. Assessing Head and Body Stability Using MEMS Inertial Measurement Units. XXV Bárány Society Meeting. Monday, March 31 - Thursday, April 3, 2008. Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto) Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001, Japan.
  26. Vidal PP, Mbongo F, Macdougall HG, Tran Ba Huy P, de Waele C, , Curthoys IS. Postural Control in Patients with Unilateral Vestibular Lesions is More Impaired in the Roll than in the Pitch Plane: which Dynamic Test is the Most Sensitive? What Measurements? XXV Bárány Society Meeting. Monday, March 31 - Thursday, April 3, 2008. Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto) Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001, Japan.
  27. S. Moore , H. MacDougall. Objective Measures of Motor Fluctuations and Freezing of Gait In Parkinson's Disease. Selected Oral Presentation. The 2 nd International Congress on Gait & Mental Function – the interplay between walking behavior and cognition. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 1-3, 2008.
  28. Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T. Moore, Xavier Lesceu, Jean-Jacques Speyer, Floris Wuyts, Jonathan B. Clark. Head-eye coordination during simulated orbiter landing.. Neuro-Otology Society of Australia. 17TH Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting. Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December 2007.
  29. Ian S. Curthoys, Ann M Burgess, Samara K McPhedran, Hamish G MacDougall , Leigh McGarvie, G Michael Halmagyi, Yvette E Smulders, Shinichi Iwasaki. New evidence concerning the use of bone conducted vibration at the midline of the forehead (Fz) to test vestibular function . 17th Annual Clinical and Scientific meeting of the Neuro-otology Society of Australia, Melbourne, December 2007
  30. Ian Curthoys, Hamish MacDougall, Dena Attalla, Fabienne MBongo, Pierre-Paul Vidal, Catherine de Waele. Human head and body stability after unilateral vestibular loss. The International Multisensory Research Forum's 8th annual meeting (IMRF 2007), Abstract ID Number: 122, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 – Sunday, 8 July 2007.
  31. I. S. Curthoys, S. Iwasaki, A. M. Burgess, H. G. MacDougall, L. Mezey, E. Cornell, L.A. McGarvie, K.P. Weber, S. Iwasaki, Y. Smulders, G. M. Halmagyi; A new Indicator of Human Utricular Function. Program#/Poster#: #/#. 2007 Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, Nov. 3-7: Society for Neuroscience, 2007. Online.
  32. Steven T. Moore, Hamish G. MacDougall & William G. Ondo. Ambulatorymonitoring of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. The Movement Disorder Society's 11th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, June 3-7 2007, Istanbul, TURKEY
  33. Moore, Steven and MacDougall, Hamish. A High-Fidelity Model of Microgravity Exposure for Mission Simulation and Astronaut Training, 16th IAA Humans in Space Symposium, Beijing CHINA May 20-24, 2007
  34. Cornell E, Burgess A, MacDougall H, Weber K, McGarvie L , Halmagyi GM, Curthoys I. Bone conducted head vibration causes eye movements and oscillopsia in human subjects. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2007 Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA May 6-10 2007.
  35. W. H. Paloski, S.T. Moore, H. G. MacDougall, A.H. Feiveson, and L.C. Taylor. Effects of Artificial Gravity And Bed Rest On Spatial Orientation And Balance Control. 28th Annual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting. 8-13 April, 2007. Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX, USA
  36. Steven T. Moore1, Hamish MacDougall, Floris Wuyts, Jonathon Clark, Xavier Lesceu, and J-J Speyer. Head-Eye Coordination during Simulated Orbiter Landings. NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop. February 12–14, 2007 · League City, Texas
  37. Steven T. Moore and Hamish G. MacDougall. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) Augmented Training for Exploration Class Missions. NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop. February 12–14, 2007 · League City, Texas
  38. Scott J. Wood, Mitchell E. Tyler, Paul Bach-y-Rita, Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T. Moore, Valerie L. Stallings, William H. Paloski, F. Owen Black Influence of electrotactile tongue feedback on controlling upright stance during rotational and/or translational sway-referencing with Galvanic vestibular stimulation. Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2007 MidWinter Meeting, February 10-15, Denver, CO.
  39. S. Moore , H. MacDougall, J. Gracies, W. Ondo. Assessment of locomotor response to levodopa in fluctuating Parkinson’s disease. The Movement Disorder Society’s 10th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, October 28 - November 2, 2006 ~ Kyoto, Japan
  40. Scott J. Wood, Mitchell E. Tyler, Paul Bach-y-Rita, Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T. Moore, Valerie L. Stallings, William H. Paloski, F. Owen Black. Influence of electrotactile tongue feedback on controlling upright stance during rotational and/or translational sway-referencing with Galvanic vestibular stimulation. Abstract to be submitted to: Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2007 MidWinter Meeting, February 10-15, Denver, CO.
  41. I. S. Curthoys, S. Iwasaki, A. M. Burgess, J. Kim, H. G. Macdougall, G. M. Halmagyi, L. A. Mcgarvie; Short latency human oculomotor response to brief bone conducted vibration. Program#/Poster#: 243.1/L5. 2006 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, 2006. Online.
  42. A. Braun, G. P. Martinelli, Y. Xiang, H. G. Macdougall, D. Ogorodnikov, T. Raphan, G. R. Holstein, B. Cohen, S. B. Yakushin; Adaptation of the mouse angular vestibulo-ocular reflex (aVOR) depends on head orientation in gravity Program#/Poster#: 243.5/L9. 2006 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, 2006. Online.
  43. Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T Moore, F. Owen Black, Jacob J. Bloomberg, Helen S. Cohen Ian S. Curthoys, Brian T. Peters. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation as a Model for Human Vestibulopathic Postural Instability and Locomotor Dysfunction. Poster presented at The 24st Bárŕny Society Meeting. Uppsala, Sweden, June 11-14th 2006.
  44. Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T Moore, Helen S Cohen. The Spontaneous Tempo of Human Locomotion. Postern presented at The 24st Bárŕny Society Meeting. Uppsala, Sweden, June 11-14th 2006.
  45. Mbongo F, MacDougall HG, Curthoys IS, Tran Ba Huy P, Vidal PP, de Waele C. Dynamic postural performance of patients suffering from peripheral vestibular deficits. Talk presented at The 24st Bárŕny Society Meeting. Uppsala, Sweden, June 11-14th 2006.
  46. MacDougall, HG and Moore, ST. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation as a model for Space Adaptation Syndrome. 7th Symposium on The Role of The Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration 7 - 9 June 2006 ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Talk
  47. Moore, ST; MacDougall, HG; Clark, JB; Wuyts, FEL; Lesceu, X; Speyer, JJ. Spatial disorientation during orbiter landing. 7th Symposium on The Role of The Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration 7 - 9 June 2006 ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Talk..
  48. Steven T. Moore, Hamish MacDougall. Galvanic vestibular stimulation as a model of space adaptation syndrome. Talk - Aerospace Medical Association, 77th Annual Scientific Meeting. May 14-18, 2006
  49. Floris L. Wuyts, Hamish G. MacDougall, Nathalie Pattyn, Steven T. Moore. Head-eye coordination and reaction time during G-level transitions experienced during the 39th and 41st ESA-parabolic flight campaigns. Talk - Aerospace Medical Association, 77th Annual Scientific Meeting. May 14-18, 2006
  50. Cornell E.; MacDougall H. G.; Curthoys I. S. Asymmetrical fixations following fixation changes to iso-vergent targets. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2006 Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA April 30-May 4 2006.
  51. Voustianiouk A, Diedrich A, MacDougall H, Ogorodnikov D, Tarasenko S, Raphan T, Biaggioni I, Cohen B, Kaufmann H. Otolith afferents are the main drive of the vestibulo¬sympathetic reflex in humans. 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. San Diego, CA, USA, April 1-8, 2006.
  52. Steven T Moore, Hamish G MacDougall, Helen S Cohen, William G Ondo. Continuous Assessment of Gait via Stride Monitoring: a New Approach to Management of Locomotor Dysfunction in Parkinson s Disease. Talk -58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April 1-8, 2006
  53. Hamish G. MacDougall, Steven T Moore, F. Owen Black, Jacob J. Bloomberg, Helen S. Cohen Ian S. Curthoys, Brian T. Peters. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) Augmented Training for Exploration Class Missions. 2006 NSBRI Investigator Retreat League City, TX. February 27 - March 1, 2006. Poster.
  54. S. T. Moore & H. G. MacDougall. Spatial disorientation and pilot performance following spaceflight. HABITATION 2006: Conference on Habitation Research and Technology Development. Orlando, Florida, February 5-8, 2006.
  55. J. Maruta; H.G. MacDougall; J.I. Simpson; T. Raphan; B. Cohen. Eye Velocity Asymmetry, Ocular Orientation and Convergence Induced by Angular Rotation in the Rabbit. The Association for Research in Otolaryngology 29th MidWinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD. February 5 - 9, 2006
  56. MacDougall H.G.; Moore S.T. The spontaneous tempo of human locomotion. Poster presented at the Society for Neurosciences 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. November 12 - 16 2005. SFN Poster.
  57. Moore S.T.; MacDougall H.G.; Curthoys I.S.; Black F.O. Galvanic vestibular stimulation as a model for locomotor dysfunction. Poster presented at the Society for Neurosciences 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. November 12 - 16 2005. SFN Poster.
  58. Black F.O.; MacDougal H.G.; Moore S.T.; Curthoys I.S. Modelling Vestibulopathic Postural Instability with Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. Poster presented at the Society for Neurosciences 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. November 12 - 16 2005. SFN Poster.
  59. Maruta J., MacDougal H.G. Cohen I.B.; Raphan T. Validation of algorithms for determining 3d eye orientation using video tracking of artificial markers. Poster presented at the Society for Neurosciences 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. November 12 - 16 2005. SFN Poster.
  60. Kunin M.; Zhu D.; MacDougall H.G., Osaki Y.: Cohen B.; Raphan T. Computation of Rigid-Body Displacements with application to determining Binocular Gaze in Space. Poster presented at the Society for Neurosciences 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. November 12 - 16 2005. SFN Poster.
  61. A.Diedrich; A.Voustianiouk; H.MacDougal; D.Ogorodnikov; S.Tarasenko; T.Raphan; H.Kaufmann; I.Biaggioni; B.Cohen. Are Otolith Receptors the Only Input for Vestibulosympathetic Reflex in Humans? Poster presented at the Society for Neurosciences 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. November 12 - 16 2005. SFN Poster.
  62. H. G. MacDougall & S. T. Moore. Modelling Space Adaptation Syndrome with Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. Talk - Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine, Annual Scientific Conference, 15 - 18 September 2005
  63. S. T. Moore & H. G. MacDougall. Spatial Disorientation during Shuttle Landings. Talk - Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine, Annual Scientific Conference, 15 - 18 September 2005
  64. N. Vibert, T. Hoang, D.P.D. Gilchrist, H.G. MacDougall, A.M. Burgess, R.D. Roberts, P.P. Vidal, I.S. Curthoys. Psychophysiological correlates of inter-individual variability of head movement control in seated humans. ISPGR 2005 XVIIth Conference - Marseille, FRANCE, May 29th to June 2nd 2005, Poster
  65. Moore ST, MacDougall H, Cohen B, Wuyts F, Clark J, Lesceu X, and Speyer J-J. Head-Eye Coordination during Simulated Orbiter Landings. 15th IAA Humans in Space Symposium. Graz Austria, May 22-26, 2005
  66. Voustianiouk A, Diedrich A, Ogorodnikov D, MacDougall H, Raphan T, Biaggioni I, Cohen B, Kaufmann H. Electrical Activation of the Human Vestibulo-Sympathetic Reflex (VSR). Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. Miami Beach FL, USA, 2005.
  67. Moore ST, MacDougall H, Cohen B, Wuyts F, Clark J, Lesceu X, and Speyer J-J. Head-Eye Coordination during Simulated Orbiter Landings. Bioastronautics Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX. January, 2005, Poster.
  68. Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Clark J, Wuyts F, Lesceu X, Speyer J-J, Cohen B. Spatial Disorientation - How the Brain Interprets Linear Acceleration During Flight. Barany 2004 Poster.
  69. Moore ST; MacDougall HG; Wuyts FL; Lesceu X; Speyer J; B Cohen. Head-eye coordination during simulated Orbiter landings. ASMA 2004 Poster.
  70. MacDougall HG; Moore S; Cohen B. Ambulatory monitoring of high frequency otolith stimulation. SFN 2004 Poster.
  71. Karlberg M, Aw ST, Black RA, Todd MJ, MacDougall HG, Halmagyi M. Vibration-Induced Eye Movements After Unilateral Vestibular Deafferentation. Barany 2004 Poster
  72. Goonetilleke SC, Curthoys IS, Burgess AM, MacDougall HG. Cognitive Demands Affects the Gain of the Torsional Optokinetic Response. Barany 2004 Poster.
  73. Burgess AM, Curthoys IS, Ooi D, Cornell ED, MacDougall HG. Convergence Reduces Ocular Counterroll (OCR) During Static Roll-Tilt. Barany 2004 Poster.
  74. Maruta J; MacDougall HG; Simpson J; Raphan T; Cohen B. Temporal - nasal asymmetry of the vestibulo - ocular reflex ( VOR ) in the rabbit SFN 2004 Poster.
  75. Cohen B; Voustianiouk A; Kaufmann H; Diedrich A; Biaggioni I; Ogorodnikov D; Macdougall H; Raphan T.. Activation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity ( MSNA ) by vestibular nerve stimulation in humans SFN 2004 - Poster.
  76. Moore S T; MacDougall H G; Wuyts F. How to limit disorientation effects on pilots. 18th Human Factors Symposium October, 2003 Poster.
  77. Kim, J., Narushima, K., MacDougall, H. G., & Curthoys, I. S. (March 23-27, 2003). Changes in Angular Head Position and Primary Afferent Discharge Induced by External Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) in the Guinea Pig. Presented at The International Society for Postural and Gait Research Meeting 2003, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA.
  78. Curthoys, I. S., Mezey, L. E., Burgess, A. M., & MacDougall, H. G. (September 26-29, 2002). Changes in ocular torsional position produced by a single moving visual line - visual "entrainment". Presented at The XXII Meeting of the Barany Society, Seattle, WA, USA. Journal of Vestibular Research, 11(4), 307-308.
  79. Kim, J., Gilchrist, D. P. D., MacDougall, H. G., Burgess, A. M., Narushima, K., Hicks, S. L., & Curthoys, I. S. (September 26-29, 2002). Galvanic vestibular stimulation in the alert guinea pig: oculomotor, postural, and neural responses. Presented at The XXII Meeting of the Barany Society, Seattle, WA, USA. Journal of Vestibular Research, 11(4), 261.
  80. Kim, J., MacDougall, H. G. (November 12, 2002). Horizontal eye-movement response patterns of guinea pigs and humans to surface galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) and long-duration angular acceleration: A comparative study. Presented at The 4th annual Post-graduate Conference for the School of Psychology, Sydney University, Sydney, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA.
  81. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., & Curthoys, I. S. (September 22-26, 2002). Human Eye-Movement Responses to Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation are Linear, Symmetrical and Additive. Presented at the Vestibular Influences on Movement, Orcas Island, WA, USA. Journal of Vestibular Research, 11(3), 199. 2002
  82. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (September 26-29, 2002). The 3-D eye-movement response in patients to maintained surface galvanic vestibular stimulation. Presented at The XXII Meeting of the Barany Society, Seattle, WA, USA. Journal of Vestibular Research, 11(4), 276-277.
  83. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (July 31 - August 2, 2002). Patients' 3-D Eye-Movement Response to Surface Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. Presented at the Frontiers in Otorhinolaryngology, Noosa, Qld., AUSTRALIA.
  84. Mezey, L. E., Curthoys, I. S., Burgess, A. M., MacDougall, H. G., & Halmagyi, G. M. (August 25-29, 2002). Ocular torsion induced during settings of a visual line to perceived horizontal and vertical. Presented at the 25th European Conference on Visual Perception, Glasgow, SCOTLAND. Perception: ECVP 2002 abstracts, 2002.
  85. Curthoys, I. S., Burgess, A. M., MacDougall, H. G., & Curthoys, N. M. (March 4, 2001). Labyrinth spatial organisation and its relation to function. Presented at The Vestibular and Oculomotor System: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Applications., Seeon, GERMANY.
  86. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (2001). 3-D eye-movement responses to surface galvanic vestibular stimulation in normals and patients: a comparison. Presented at the 11th Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, Neuro-Otology Society of Australia, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.
  87. MacDougall, H. G., Brizuela, A. E., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (2001). Modelling the 3-D eye-movement response to surface galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) in normals and patients. Presented at the 3rd Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. Journal of Applied Health Behavior. 3(2), 30.
  88. MacDougall, H. G., Curthoys, I. S., & Burgess, A. M. (March 4, 2001). Individual differences in human 3-D eye-movement responses during maintained surface galvanic stimulation. Presented at The Vestibular and Oculomotor System: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Applications., Seeon, GERMANY.
  89. Vibert, N., MacDougall, H. G., de Waele, C., Gilchrist, D. P. D., Burgess, A. M., Sidis, A., Migliaccio, A., Curthoys, I. S., & Vidal, P. P. (March 25-30, 2001). Variability in the control of head movements in seated humans: a link with whiplash injuries? Presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement, Sevilla, SPAIN.
  90. Vibert, N., MacDougall, H. G., Gilchrist, D. P. D., Burgess, A. M., Sidis, A., de Waele, C., Curthoys, I. S., & Vidal, P. P. (November 10-15, 2001). Variability of the control of head movement in seated humans - psychophysiological correlates. Presented at the Society for Neurosciences 31st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 27, Program No. 833.12, 2001.
  91. Wade, N. J., Curthoys, I. S., MacDougall, H. G., & Cornell, E. (August 26-30, 2001). Fluctuations in perceived depth and convergence. Presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception 2001, Kusadasi, TURKEY. Perception: ECVP 2001 abstracts, 2001.
  92. MacDougall, H., Brizuela, A. E., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (October 4-6, 2001). 3-D eye-movement responses to surface galvanic vestibular stimulation in normals and patients: a comparison. Poster presented at the NYAC Conference on The Neurobiology of Eye Movements, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  93. Curthoys, I. S., MacDougall, H. G., Burgess, A. M., & Halmagyi, M. (November 2000). The effect of galvanic vestibular stimulation in humans on eye movements. Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Neuro-Otology Society of Australia, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
  94. MacDougall, H. G., Curthoys, I. S., & Halmagyi, G. M. (November 4-9, 2000). Interaction of maintained galvanic vestibular stimulation and linear acceleration on human ocular torsion. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience's 30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 26, Program No. 745.9, 2000.
  95. de Waele, C., Gilchrist, D. P. D., MacDougall, H. G., Tran Ba Huy, P., Colebatch, J. G., Vidal, P. P., Halmagyi, G. M., & Curthoys, I. S. (August 22-25, 1999). Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials Induced by Taps delivered to the Mastoids: A New Version of a Clinical Test of Vestibular Function? Presented at the 4th International Meeting on the Head/Neck System, Tokyo, JAPAN.
  96. Vidal, P. P., MacDougall, H. G., de Waele, C., Gilchrist, D. P. D., Burgess, A. M., Sidis, A., & Curthoys, I. S. (Aug 22-25, 1999). Maladaptive control of head movement during postural perturbations. Presented at the 4th International Symposium on the Head/Neck System, Tokyo, JAPAN.
  97. Curthoys, I. S., MacDougall, H. G., Betts, G. A., Cartwright, A. D., Blanche, T., Cremer, P., & Halmagyi, G. M. (September 1997). Studies of vestibular-induced ocular torsional position. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Neuro-otology Society of Australia, Uluru, AUSTRALIA.
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