The basic connectivity from the vestibular labyrinth to the eye muscles (vestibular ocular reflex, VOR) has been elucidated in the past decade, and we summarise this in graphic format. We also ...

The vestibular system is a type of sensory system. Thus, it is responsible for the sense of spatial awareness and balance. Vestibular disease is also called the old dog's disease, as it mostly ...

Together, these vestibular sensory organs detect all possible head motions like the sensors “that we all carry around with us in our phone,” said Daniel Merfeld, professor of otolaryngology at ...

Subjects in bed rest can tilt and move their head, stimulating their vestibular sensory systems in much the same manner as is regularly experienced. We have proposed a "wheelchair head immobilization ...

Development of the vestibular sense – and addressing over- and under-sensitivity – is explored by Anne O’Connor and Dr Kath Dickinson in part two of this new series Although not the first sense that ...

Here are some of common treatments: Chronic vestibular migraine typically goes ... The aura phase may involve visual or sensory changes. It’s followed by the headache. The postdrome phase ...

Caption Hair bundles of vestibular sensory cells analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. The image shows a normal hair bundle with its characteristic "staircase" pattern (in yellow), a ...

The short answer is training, but to really grasp why figure skaters can twirl without getting dizzy requires an understanding of the vestibular ... contains special sensory nerve cells that ...