Vestibular Autonomic Regulation

Vestibular Autonomic Regulation
Author: Bill J. Yates
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1996-02-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This book, explores a new and exciting investigative area emerging from recent data suggesting that the vestibular system, in addition to detecting body position and movement in space, contributes to the maintenance of stable blood pressure and respiration during movement and postural changes. While it has long been known that vestibular disturbances can result in motion sickness, these new findings link vestibular dysfunction to autonomic disturbances, such as orthostatic hypotension, and to psychiatric conditions, such as agoraphobia. Vestibular Autonomic Regulation begins with timely reviews of the vestibular system and respiratory, cardiovascular, and autonomic control. It then discusses the basic science and clinical implications of vestibular autonomic integration, elegantly uniting both areas. An excellent multi-authored resource for scientists in neurobiology, vestibular physiology, respiratory control and cardiovascular regulation, and clinicians in neurology, internal medicine, otolaryngology, and military medicine, Vestibular Autonomic Regulation puts you at the forefront of this rapidly expanding research area.

Oxford Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance

Oxford Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance
Author: Adolfo Bronstein
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2013-02-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191642061

Vertigo, dizziness, and imbalance rank amongst the most common presenting symptoms in neurology, ENT, geriatric medicine, and general practice. These symptoms can originate from many different organs and systems, such as the inner ear, general medical conditions, neurological and psychological disorders. The Oxford Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance provides an up-to-date summary of the scientific basis, clinical diagnosis, and management of disorders leading to dizziness and poor balance. This textbook is conceptually divided into three sections, detailing the scientific basis, general clinical issues, and specific diseases diagnosed in clinical practice that are responsible for complaints of dizziness and imbalance. Individual chapters address benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraine, vestibular neuritis, stroke, and Ménière's disease. Additional chapters follow a syndrome-based approach and cover multiple conditions, including cerebellar disorders, bilateral vestibular failure and gait, and psychological disorders. The print edition is complemented by an online version, which allows access to the full content of the textbook, contains links from the references to primary research journal articles, allows full text searches, and provides access to figures and tables that can be downloaded to PowerPoint. It serves a useful clinical reference for neurologists, otorhinolaryngologists, audio-vestibular physicians, and senior trainees in those specialties.

Autonomic Responses to Vestibular Stimulation

Autonomic Responses to Vestibular Stimulation
Author: Pei Chin Tang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1969
Genre: Vestibular apparatus
ISBN:

Decerebrate, paralyzed cats were used to determine some autonomic effects of vestibular stimulation and to establish through which peripheral links this vestibulofugal activity was transmitted. Vestibular stimulation increased both rate and depth of respiration, as demonstrated by phrenic and recurrent laryngeal nerve recording, and a marked elevation in blood pressure accompanied this effect. When the strength of stimulation was reduced and the evoked respiratory effect weak or questionable, the systemic blood pressure declined. Vestibular stimulation elicited strong responses from the neck vagus nerve, but this vestibulo-vagal activity was found to be conducted exclusively in the recurrent laryngeal nerve and not in the vagus nerve proper. Only the sympathetic portion of the autonomic system responded to vestibular stimulation, thus providing vestibular impulses a channel for reaching different effector organs. The responses obtained from the neck sympathetic nerve were analyzed and their characteristics described. (Author).

Central Regulation of Autonomic Functions

Central Regulation of Autonomic Functions
Author: Ida J. Llewellyn-Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199719241

Central autonomic circuits in the brain and spinal cord are essential to vertebrate life because they are involved in controlling all basic bodily functions, including blood pressure, feeding, body temperature regulation voiding and reproduction. This wide-ranging text emphasizes the extraordinary advances that have been made over the last 20 years in understanding how the central nervous system controls autonomic functions.

Vertigo and Dizziness

Vertigo and Dizziness
Author: Béla Büki
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191501921

Vertigo and dizziness rate among the most frequently occurring presenting complaints in neurology and in general medical practice. Since most patients do not have acute complaints at the time of examination, the clinician requires keen judgment in making a diagnosis, as patients often report confusing, real, or hypothetical causes of their problems. An improvement in the scientific understanding of vestibular physiology in recent years has led to the development of new diagnostic tests and more effective therapies. However, many of these advances have been slow to be adopted into routine clinical practice. Part of the Oxford Neurology Library (ONL) series, Vertigo and Dizziness helps clinicians improve their management of patients with these conditions. The text provides an overview of clinical vestibular physiology as well as of the latest developments in bedside examination, diagnosis/differential diagnosis, and state-of-the-art therapy. Vertigo and Dizziness serves as an essential clinical guide for neurologists, otorhinolaryngologists, and trainees in those disciplines, and for general practitioners and medical students.

Neurochemistry of the Vestibular System

Neurochemistry of the Vestibular System
Author: Alvin J. Beitz
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1999-12-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780849376795

The ability to quantify the sensory stimuli and resulting behavioral responses has enabled researchers over the past thirty years to gain an in-depth understanding of the physiological processes and neural pathways involved in the control of eye and head movements and posture. However, the molecular mechanisms and neurochemical processes that underlie neurotransmission of the vestibular and oculomotor pathways have begun to be defined only during the past decade. The first book available on this topic, Neurochemistry of the Vestibular System covers the proliferation of new information stemming from the technical advances in the areas of molecular biology and neurochemistry. It analyzes the recent developments in areas that relate to the neurochemical organization of the hair cells in the inner ear, the vestibular nerve, the vestibular nuclear complex, and central afferent and efferent vestibular projections. The book also identifies future directions for research in the areas of neurotransmitters, second messengers, transcription factors, and molecular mechanisms involved with both normal vestibular function and compensation. Features

Autonomic Failure

Autonomic Failure
Author: C. J. Mathias
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 562
Release: 1999
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780192628510

This fourth edition of Autonomic Failure (now available in paperback) covers the many recent advances made in our understanding of the autonomic nervous system. There are 20 new chapters and extensive revisions of all other contributions. Autonomic failure, fourth edition makes diagnosis increasingly precise by fully evaluating the underlying anatomical and functional deficits, thereby allowing more effective treatment. This new edition continues to provide practitioners from a variety of fields, including neurology, cardiology, geriatric medicine, diabetology, and internal medicine, with a rational guide to aid in the recognition and management of autonomic disorders. The book starts with an updated classification of autonomic disorders and a history of the autonomic nervous system. The first two sections of the book deal with the fundamental aspects of autonomic structure, function, and integration. There are new chapters dealing with neurobiology, nerve growth factors, genetic mutations, neural and hormonal control of the cerebral circulation, innervation of the lung, and pathophysiological mechanisms causing nausea and vomiting. Advances in the clinical management of autonomic disorders are critically dependent on the bridge made between the basic and applied sciences.