To investigate how the body's ability to sense head movements can contribute to balance control and guidance control--two critical aspects of bipedal locomotion--the researchers stimulated nerves that ...

Bilateral vestibular hypofunction is associated with chronic disequilibrium, postural instability, and unsteady gait owing to failure of vestibular reflexes that stabilize the eyes, head, and body. A ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Sensory hair cells are the essential mechanotransducers of the inner ear, responsible not only for the transduction of sound and motion ...

Loss of vestibular function is a key contributor to a well-documented increased risk for falls in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), new research confirms. Falls are twice as common in patients ...

Doctors use the Dix-Hallpike test (sometimes called the Dix-Hallpike maneuver) to check for a common type of vertigo called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV. Vertigo is the sudden feeling ...

One of the things that makes mammals, mammals is that we’re warm-blooded-- our bodies have high metabolisms that maintain our internal temperature independent of our surroundings, unlike cold-blooded ...

Dear Dr. Roach: After many years of various treatments, including allergy shots, food studies and an ear tube, I was recently diagnosed with "semicircular canal dehiscence." Can you explain what this ...