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... hearing, but receive far less recognition.
Equilibrium (balance) is responsible for maintaining our stable posture and vision as we ... controlled mechanisms that underlie balance in both the inner ear and the brain. The inner ear houses thousands of sensitive hair cells ...
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... research undertaken in the Hunter that’s exploring how the balance system works – through anatomical, physiological and molecular ... complex series of messages between the balance organs of the inner ear, our eyes, and our joints and sends those signals to various parts of the ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... the exquisitely sensitive hair cells (receptors) within the inner ear balance (vestibular) organs work is a major focus. Vestibular hair cells have a ...
Category: News & Articles
... main research focuses on the often-overlooked sense of balance. We take for granted how exquisitely well our sense of balance works, ... has preliminary evidence that suggests it may occur in the inner ear balance organs. A second aim is to advance an emerging collaboration with ...
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Hearing and balance problems arise due to ageing, environmental assaults, medications, ... organ (cochlea) and balance (vestibular) organs of the inner ear. In mammals, these sensory hair cells develop early during foetal ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... a group investigating how ageing affects the vestibular (balance) system, spinal cord function, the blood brain and spinal cord ... mitochondria, lipidomics, white matter, spinal cord, brain, inner ear
Associate Professor Douglas Smith | Neuroscience
Doug Smith ...
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Balance is essential for every aspect of daily life and especially important ... and community.
Vestibular dysfunction is often due inner ear problems resulting in dizziness, vertigo, visual disturbances, ...
Category: News & Articles
... the vestibular system, which controls the workings of the inner ear, overall balance and orientation of a person in a physical space,” Associate Professor ...
