Vestibular nerve

Vestibular nerve

Vestibular and Related Oculomotor Disorders

Published in Anthony N. Nicholson, The Neurosciences and the Practice of Aviation Medicine, 2017

Nicholas J. Cutfield, Adolfo M. Bronstein

As well as irritation to the vestibular nerve, lesions in the brainstem abutting the vestibular nuclei or pathways can cause paroxysmal vertigo and oscillopsia (Radtke et al., 2001; Bronstein et al., 2003). These can be arteriovenous malformations, tumours or post-vascular or inflammatory events. ‘Ocular flutter’ is not a true nystagmus but back-to-back saccades, and is seen in brainstem and cerebellar disease (Leigh and Zee, 2006).

Caloric and galvanic vestibular stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease: rationale and prospects

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Published in Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2021

David Wilkinson

The peripheral vestibular system is cocooned within the dense temporal bone of the inner ear and comprises two organ types: the semi-circular canals and otoliths. The three semi-circular canals are co-located in a perpendicular arrangement and together detect rotational head movement across the three cardinal depth planes. The otoliths comprise the saccule and utricle and together detect linear head movement and gravitational pull, sensitivities that mean that the vestibular nerve never falls quiet. The dimensions of the vestibular organs seem so well optimized that over roughly seven orders of magnitude of mass variation in mammals, the overall size of the vestibular organs varies over one [1].

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