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Possible implication of an efferent neuropathy in vestibular upset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. A. J. Prescott
C. A. J. Prescott*
Affiliation:
Specialist in Otolaryngology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
*
Dr. C. A. J. Prescott, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, Medical School, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Summary

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.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 100 , Issue 7 , July 1986 , pp. 769 - 774
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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