"Vestibular Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The vestibular part of the 8th cranial nerve (VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE). The vestibular nerve fibers arise from neurons of Scarpa's ganglion and project peripherally to vestibular hair cells and centrally to the VESTIBULAR NUCLEI of the BRAIN STEM. These fibers mediate the sense of balance and head position.
| Descriptor ID |
D014725
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.910.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Vestibular Nerve- Vestibular Nerve
- Nerve, Vestibular
- Nerves, Vestibular
- Vestibular Nerves
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vestibular Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Pelosi S, Schuster D, Jacobson GP, Carlson ML, Haynes DS, Bennett ML, Rivas A, Wanna GB. Clinical characteristics associated with isolated unilateral utricular dysfunction. Am J Otolaryngol. 2013 Sep-Oct; 34(5):490-5.
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?nel S, Yilmaz M, Albayram S, Isik Z, Ceyhan E, Isildak H, Teixido M, Savas Y, Kiris A. Anastomoses of the vestibular, cochlear, and facial nerves. J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Sep; 23(5):1358-61.
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Fundakowski CE, Anderson J, Angeli S. Cross-sectional vestibular nerve analysis in vestibular neuritis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2012 Jul; 121(7):466-70.
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Artz GJ, Hux FJ, Larouere MJ, Bojrab DI, Babu S, Pieper DR. Endoscopic vascular decompression. Otol Neurotol. 2008 Oct; 29(7):995-1000.
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Fucci MJ, Sataloff RT, Myers DL. Vestibular nerve section. Am J Otolaryngol. 1994 May-Jun; 15(3):180-9.