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A place principle for vertigo.

Gacek RR

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. gacekr@ummhc.org

OBJECTIVE: To provide a road map of the vestibular labyrinth and its innervation leading to a place principle for different forms of vertigo. METHOD: The literature describing the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system was reviewed. RESULTS: Different forms of vertigo may be determined by the type of sense organ, type of ganglion cell and location in the vestibular nerve. CONCLUSION: Partial lesions (viral) of the vestibular ganglion are manifested as various forms of vertigo.

Published 14 January 2008 in Auris Nasus Larynx, 35(1): 1-10.
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