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Makoto Igarashi, MD; Hideo Miyata, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1972;95(2):158-163.

Abstract
Bodily dysequilibrium after lateral ampullary nerve section (unilateral) and the mode of systemic compensation were quantitatively investigated in subhuman primates. Although initially, rail thresholds were seriously altered, the rail threshold decline (average) on the eighth postoperative day was insignificant at the 0.05 level when compared to the preoperative rail threshold value. The performance profile required a longer time to regain postoperative status. The present experiment confirmed the importance of the lateral semicircular canal crista for the maintenance of bodily equilibrium (locomotive) function.

Author Affiliations
Houston

From the Department of Otolaryngology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 9, 1971.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex 77025 (Dr. Igarashi).

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