(a.) Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eye movements which were either complementary or in opposition to the induced vestibular nystagmus were produced with an optokinetic drum.
(2) Changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) were measured over 254 cortical regions during caloric vestibular stimulation with warm water (44 degrees C).
(3) Our experience shows that the most accurate indications are provided by acoustic stapedius reflex, brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and vestibular investigation.
(4) While the heaviest anterogradely labeled ascending projections were observed to the contralateral ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus, pars oralis (VPLo), efferent projections were also observed to the contralateral ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VLc) and central lateral (CL) nucleus of the thalamic intralaminar complex, magnocellular (and to a lesser extent parvicellular) red nucleus, nucleus of Darkschewitsch, zona incerta, nucleus of the posterior commissure, lateral intermediate layer and deep layer of the superior colliculus, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, contralateral nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basilar pontine nuclei (especially dorsal and peduncular), and dorsal (DAO) and medial (MAO) accessory olivary nuclei, ipsilateral lateral (external) cuneate nucleus (LCN) and lateral reticular nucleus (LRN), and to a lesser extent the caudal medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH), and dorsal medullary raphe.
(5) This paper provides a description of the cerebellar-vestibular-determined (CV) neurological and electronystagmographic (ENG) parameters characterizing 4,000 patients with learning disabilities.
(6) The influence of vestibular dysfunction upon the vestibulospinal reflex (VSR) in two common peripheral syndromes was investigated by two types of posturographic examination: "static" posturography, recording and analyzing the postural sway in stance, and "kinetic" posturography, recording the stepping in place test.
(7) The changes in muscle activity had the same pattern and similar phase-frequency properties to those observed under analogous vestibular stimulation during the maintenance of steady posture.
(8) In a consecutive publication, we are going to report in which way the various nystagmic parameters of patients are being changed by different lesions of the vestibular system.
(9) The following oculomotor paradigms were investigated: horizontal and vertical saccades of different sizes (10-80 degrees), smooth pursuit eye movements, optokinetic and vestibular nystagmus.
(10) Recordings were made from secondary vestibular axons in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) of barbiturate-anesthetized squirrel monkeys.
(11) Medical treatment has several objectives: the action of water on the metabolism, action on the behaviour of the labyrinthine capillaries and the biology of neurosensorial cells, action on vestibular information and the receptivity of the nerve centres and finally on the patients' lifestyle.
(12) Electrophysiological studies were performed to determine whether or not ethanol potentiates the inhibitory effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neurons responding to horizontal sinusoidal rotation using alpha-chloralose anesthetized cats.
(13) On the basis of these data, a hypothetical molecular mechanism of vestibular efferent modulation of the primary afferent pathway is proposed.
(14) Outgoing from the theory of the rotatory nystagmus based on the rotation test of the human vestibular system the fundamentels are developed for a complete evaluation method of an electronystagmogram including the elimination of artefacts by the authors' own research work in this field.
(15) Obliteration of the right endolymphatic sac was performed by Kimura's method in 57 guinea pigs with normal hearing and vestibular function.
(16) ruber, anterodorsolateral midbrain tegmentum, superior and inferior colliculi, pontine gray, cerebral peduncles, medial pontine reticular formation, raphe and vestibular nuclei did not affect the acoustic structure of the calls tested.
(17) The teeth were cleaved longitudinally in the oro-vestibular direction to obtain a test specimen and reference sample.
(18) A tumor involving the caudal portion of the brainstem was detected at necropsy after euthanasia of a 1-month-old llama with clinical signs consistent with vestibular disease.
(19) Cervical cavities were prepared on the lingual and vestibular surfaces in 19 freshly extracted human teeth.
(20) Our results demonstrate a reduction of the long time constant of the vestibular ocular reflex in both groups of animals.
Vestibule
Definition:
(n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
(2) The leak was observed to be coming from a defect in the stapes footplate, and it was controlled by firmly packing the inner ear vestibule with muscle.
(3) The appendix of the laryngeal ventricle courses superiorly between the laryngeal vestibule and the thyroid cartilage which differentiates this normal structure from ulcerations and fistulous tracts of laryngeal tumors.
(4) In a series with sixteen normal adult volunteers, 22 to 45 years in age, 100% of the cochleae, vestibules, and lateral and posterior semicircular canals were clearly demonstrated in T2 weighted images.
(5) In addition, histopathologic examination revealed squamous epithelial hyperplasia in the vestibule; inflammation, epithelial necrosis, mucosal erosions, and squamous metaplasia of the respiratory epithelium in the anterior nose; and olfactory sensory cell loss in the dorsal medial meatus.
(6) N. dossoi differs from N. pseudospira and N. houini parasites of Arvicanthis abyssinicus in Ethiopia, by the length of the vestibule (longer than two thirds of the length of the infundibulum).
(7) The nasal vestibule is twice as sensitive as the nasal cavum to an airjet at mean intranasal temperature (P < 0.001).
(8) The bacterial flora of the vestibule, urethra and vagina of a group of patients with recurrent urethritis, and of control subjects without symptoms, was investigated.
(9) Fathoming of the vestibule below the central and inferior thirds of the footplate surface has shown that there is no likely danger to the vestibular end organs or cochlear duct if manipulations are carried out no deeper than 1 mm below the surface.
(10) Stapes gusher sometimes occurs at the moment the vestibule is opened.
(11) Tissue characteristics of this laser energy should permit the vaporization of the stapes footplate or oval window soft tissue without thermal effect to the vestibule and without passing through the perilymph to damage the delicate structures of the inner ear.
(12) The results showed that the ototoxic effects of both drugs were similar, mainly affecting the cochlea, and next the vestibule.
(13) Surgical salvage of recurrent carcinoma in the nasal vestibule was performed without complications in 12 patients and resulted in local control in seven.
(14) Its upper portion (vestibule) had sequential contractile motor activity in response to swallowing.
(15) The distal part of the tube is invisibly anchored in the vestibule of the nose, using a special device.
(16) Based on the study of 67 affected women during a period of 15 years, we report the clinical features and natural history of focal vulvitis, a unique syndrome characterized by severe and persistent superficial dyspareunia and the presence of one to 11 (median three) minute, exquisitely tender areas of focal inflammation or ulceration on the mucosa of the vestibule.
(17) These results suggest that enkephalin acts on MVN type I neuron to inhibit transmission from the vestibule, thereby controlling vestibulo-ocular reflex.
(18) Suspensions of charcoal in water, placed in the vestibule on one side of the mouth, spread within about 5 min to the dorsum of the tongue and the hard palate on the same side but did not cross the mid-line.
(19) The laryngeal component of voice quality markers has been quantified in the present study, suggesting that the laryngeal vestibule and lower pharynx play an important role in voice quality.
(20) dilation of the lateral semicircular canal, vestibule and cystic degeneration of cochlea on both ears.