The vestibular system is integral to maintaining balance and spatial orientation, and a critical component of this network is the efferent vestibular system. This descending neuronal pathway modulates ...

Boston, Mass. -- A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that vestibular thresholds begin to double every 10 years above the age of 40, representing a decline in our ability ...

The report was published online ahead of print in Frontiers in Neurology. "In our study, vestibular decline was clearly evident above the age of 40," said senior author Daniel M. Merfeld, Ph.D., ...