Nearly two million people worldwide have lost the simple ability to feel steady. Now researchers have developed an ...

The vestibular system plays an essential role in our ability to perceive self-motion, maintain balance and orient ourselves in space. Organised around the semicircular canals and otolith organs of ...

Vestibular afferents with irregular resting activity constitute a system for signaling transient vestibular stimuli. Otolith irregular afferents originate from a specialized region of the otolithic ...

Amanda Pettersen Kasumi, medical student at the University of Bergen. The author has completed the ICMJE form and declares no conflicts of interest. Jana Midelfart-Hoff, neurologist, head of section ...

A gene-editing delivery system developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers simultaneously targeted the liver and lungs of a preclinical model of a rare genetic disease known as alpha-1 ...

Technical Terms Efferent Vestibular System: Descending neural pathways that modulate the activity of vestibular sensory organs, thus influencing balance and spatial orientation.

During your appointment, your specialist will perform a comprehensive clinical assessment that looks at: a detailed history of your symptoms, what makes the symptoms better and worse, your medical ...

Initially, Ireland’s organ donation system focused primarily on kidney donations. “The organ donor card was introduced by the Irish Kidney Association back in the late ’70s,” White said.

A NEW LAW called the Human Tissue Act 2024 comes into effect from today, which will introduce an opt-out system of consent for organ donation in Ireland. People who do not wish to be organ donors ...

The precise cause of BPV is unknown, but most children grow out of it as the vestibular system develops, says Sunil. Vestibular migraines – some migraines can affect balance.

What exactly causes motion sickness? Our body is made up of several sensory systems that work together to help us experience the world: The vestibular system, located in our inner ear, gives us ...

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