Possible implication of an efferent neuropathy in vestibular upset |
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Authors: | C A Prescott |
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Abstract: | This essay examines two possible mechanisms whereby a neuropathy affecting the efferent vestibular innervation may cause incoordination of vestibular afferent input to the Vestibular Integrating Centres: firstly, by loss of the normal fine control of afferent impulses; secondly, by a disruption of the sodium-potassium pump mechanism that maintains the ionic stability of the inner ear fluids. |
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