Through the cochlear nerves we learn the height and timbre, through the vestibular nerves the intensity, of tones.
The useless relic of it passes through the wall of the petrous bone in the shape of a narrow canal, and is called the vestibular aqueduct.
The membranous labyrinth consists of a vestibular portion formed by two small sac-like dilatations, called the saccule and the utricle, the latter of which communicates with the semicircular canals by five openings.
These authors found amongst twelve patients, three normal reactions and one instance of hypo-excitability amongst four subjects who, by other tests, failed to show vestibular disturbance.
During caloric tests of the vestibular apparatus in the course of the next few weeks, the man had an hysterical attack of crying twice, following which all the phenomena got worse.
O’Malley writes: The treatment of functional deafness consists in exciting the vestibularapparatus as follows.
Normal nystagmus and giddiness on functional tests of vestibular nerve and canals.
There must have been a vestibular nerve injury, however, since there was a marked bilateral subexcitability of this apparatus later determined.
Tests showed that he had no disease of thevestibular apparatus and no sign either of cerebral or of cerebellar disease.
The question is raised whether shell-shock can produce a differential Rombergism such as hitherto would have been explained on the basis of some organic vestibular disease.
The patient is usually very emotional, as the disturbed vestibular function, which in these cases responds easily and markedly, causes him to feel as uncomfortable as a bad sailor on a stormy voyage.
The ear clinic examination, October 19, showed much disturbance of hearing on the right side (direct injury of the vestibular apparatus in both ears).
The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
It has long been known that the vestibular apparatus is essential for the development of motion sickness.
The Effects ofVestibular Stimulation on Performance Under Several Schedules of Reinforcement.
The big nerve cells and the glia of their lateral vestibular apparatus were analyzed, since the Deiters neurones present in this structure are directly connected to the middle ear.
Moreover, vestibular effects seem to be imperious and less dependent upon the state of readiness of the nervous system.
Vestibular stimulation by passive means leads to an increase in the RNA content of the Deiters nerve cells of rabbits ([ref.
Vestibular impulses entering the brainstem ascend and descend the neuroaxis and cross the midline.
Since motion sensitivity based on vestibular stimulation differs widely among individuals, the selection of astronauts may solve the problem of zero-g vestibular disturbance.
Major advances dining the last years have provided us with new information about the neuroanatomy of the vestibular system (refs.
It was previously believed that the vestibular apparatus had only subcortical projections.
Vestibular and Propriospinal Interactions and Protracted Spinal Inhibition by Brain Stem Activation.
At the same time, vestibularfunctions must be considered jointly with visual task performance, since both have special significance for such maneuvers as vehicle docking.
Experiments on the Rate of Development and Rate of Recovery of Apparent Adaptation Effects in the Vestibular System.
Effect of Vestibular Stimulation on Strychnine-Induced Activity of the Spinal Cord.
There is moderate reduction in the size of the two vestibular ganglia as a result of the unusually small number of nerve cells.
They account for the imperfect equilibrational ability of the animals by pointing out the structural peculiarities of the sacculus, the vestibular ganglia, and the peripheral nerves.
Similarly, the lack of dizziness they suppose to be due to the diminution of the fibers of the nerves which supply the canal organs, the atrophied condition of the vestibular ganglia, and a disturbance of the peripheral sense organs.
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