Category: News & Articles
... things, but often is due to a problem with the peripheral or central vestibular (balance) system. Unfortunately, effective treatments for dizziness and vertigo are severely limited by a rudimentary understanding of the vestibular system. HMRI researchers Alan Brichta and Rebecca Lim ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... the structure and function of the peripheral and central balance (vestibular) system. His recent studies have focused on vestibular hair cells of the inner ear and their complex relationship ...
Category: Research
Research in this group looks at the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and the nerves connecting these ... The system that regulates our balance and hearing is called the vestibular system and has traditionally worked so well in our ears and ... researchers have recently developed a new model for studying the vestibular system which was extremely difficult to study before this ...
Category: General
... research undertaken in the Hunter that’s exploring how the balance system works – through anatomical, physiological and molecular ... hearing and memory problems. We maintain our balance thanks to the vestibular system that comprises a complex series of messages between ... Alan Brichta is a neurobiologist with a research focus on the vestibular system and balance. Dr Tom Wellings is a Neurologist at John ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... with a long-held interest in how aging impacts the nervous system. Everyone ages but it is clear some individuals age better than ... debilitating disease. By understanding how aging impacts the nervous system we hope to mitigate early disease processes, thereby preventing, ... central (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral (e.g. inner ear vestibular apparatus) nervous system structures and functions. For ...
Category: News & Articles
... doesn’t match up. “The disconnect occurs between the eyes and the vestibular system, which controls the workings of the inner ear, overall balance ... to be a sub-type of motion sickness because it does not involve the vestibular system and is triggered only by visual stimuli, but our ...
Category: General
... focus on the anatomy and physiology of the peripheral and central vestibular system, which drives the body's balance. He has published over 70 papers ... investigator. Her research is primarily interested in balance and the vestibular system. Rebecca is a reocgnised expert in auditory (hearing) ...
Category: Research
... hair cells are located in the hearing organ (cochlea) and balance (vestibular) organs of the inner ear. In mammals, these sensory hair ...