Advanced Imaging of the Vestibular Endolymphatic Space in Ménière's Disease
Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 The diagnosis of “definite” Méniére's disease (MD) relies upon its clinical manifestations. MD has been related with Endolymphatic Hydrops (EH), an enlargement of the endolymphatic spaces (ES) (cochlear duct, posterior labyrinth, or both).
Diego Zanetti +8 more
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Vestibular system paresis due to emergency endovascular catheterization
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2012 Objective: The objective of this story of case is to describe an uncommon cause of associated peripheral Vestibulopathy to the unilateral auditory loss in aged patient after catheterization of urgency.
Simoceli, Lucinda +3 more
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Stabilometric changes due to exposure to firearm noise in the Brazilian Army
Bioscience Journal, 2020 Success in precision activities such as shooting depends on the subtle control of body motion. To analyze the influence on stabilometric signal responses for the motor task of aiming a pistol with different cognitive demands and levels of exposure to ...
Luciana Dias Bernardo +3 more
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Protective Effect of Metformin on Gentamicin-Induced Vestibulotoxicity in Rat Primary Cell Culture [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2014 ObjectivesOne of the antidiabetic drugs, metformin, have shown that it prevented oxidative stress-induced death in several cell types through a mechanism involving the opening of the permeability transition pore and cytochrome c release.
Ji Young Lee +5 more
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Unilateral enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome and bilateral endolymphatic hydrops [PDF]
, 2017 Enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) syndrome is a common congenital inner ear malformation characterized by a vestibular aqueduct with a diameter larger than 1.5 mm, mixed or sensorineural hearing loss that ranges from mild to profound, and vestibular ...
NOLA, GIUSEPPE +3 more
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An exploratory study to detect Ménière’s disease in conventional MRI scans using radiomics
Frontiers in Neurology, 2016 ObjectiveThe purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate whether a quantitative image analysis of the labyrinth in conventional MRI scans using a radiomics approach showed differences between patients with Ménière’s disease and the control group.
E. L. van den Burg +8 more
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First Natural Endocranial Cast of a Fossil Snake (Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina) [PDF]
, 2017 In this study, we describe a natural endocranial cast included in a partially preserved medium‐sized skull of the Upper Cretaceous South American snake Dinilysia patagonica.
Albino, Adriana Maria +3 more
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A mathematical model for top-shelf vertigo: the role of sedimenting otoconia in BPPV [PDF]
, 2003 Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a mechanical disorder of the vestibular system in which calcite particles called otoconia interfere with the mechanical functioning of the fluid-filled semicircular canals normally used to sense rotation ...
Batchelor +36 more
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Protons as Messengers of Intercellular Communication in the Nervous System
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018 In this review, evidence demonstrating that protons (H+) constitute a complex, regulated intercellular signaling mechanisms are presented. Given that pH is a strictly regulated variable in multicellular organisms, localized extracellular pH changes may ...
Enrique Soto +2 more
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Giant petrous bone cholesteatoma: combined microscopic surgery and an adjuvant endoscopic approach [PDF]
, 2016 Petrous bone cholesteatomas (PBCs) are epidermoid cysts, which have developed in the petrous portion of the temporal bone and may be congenital or acquired.
Iannella, Giannicola +4 more
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