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  2. Vestibular system - Wikipedia

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    The vestibular system, in vertebrates, is a sensory system that creates the sense of balance and spatial orientation for the purpose of coordinating movement with balance. Together with the cochlea , a part of the auditory system , it constitutes the labyrinth of the inner ear in most mammals .

  3. Balance disorder - Wikipedia

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    Problems with balance can occur when there is a disruption in any of the vestibular, visual, or proprioceptive systems. Abnormalities in balance function may indicate a wide range of pathologies from causes like inner ear disorders, low blood pressure, brain tumors, and brain injury including stroke. [citation needed]

  4. Vestibulocerebellar syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The main function of the vestibulocerebellum is to receive sensory input from the vestibular nuclei in the brainstem and to regulate equilibrium, balance, and the vestibulo-ocular reflex accordingly. The vestibulo-ocular reflex, one of the primary areas affected by vestibulocerebellar syndrome, is responsible for counterrotating the eyes in ...

  5. Romberg's test - Wikipedia

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    Vestibular apparatus; Crucially, the brain can obtain sufficient information to maintain balance if any two of the three systems are intact. Sensorimotor integration is carried out by the cerebellum and by the dorsal column-medial lemniscus tract. The motor pathway is the corticospinal (pyramidal) tract and the medial and lateral vestibular tracts.

  6. Sensory processing disorder - Wikipedia

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    Dyspraxia: poor motor planning (more related to the vestibular system and proprioception) Poor bilateral integration: inadequate use of both sides of the body simultaneously; Tactile defensiveness: negative reaction to tactile stimuli; Visual perceptual deficits: poor form and space perception and visual motor functions

  7. Depersonalization-derealization disorder - Wikipedia

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    Patients demonstrate abnormal cortisol levels and basal activity. Studies found that patients with DPDR could be distinguished from patients with clinical depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. [46] [47] The vestibular system may also play a role in DPDR. The vestibular system helps control balance, spatial orientation, motor ...

  8. Outline of abnormal psychology - Wikipedia

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    Abnormal psychology – is the scientific study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning. Abnormal psychology in clinical psychology studies the nature of psychopathology, its causes, and its treatments. Of course, the definition of what constitutes 'abnormal' has varied across ...

  9. Coriolis effect (perception) - Wikipedia

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    These feelings of discomfort arise in the body due to a variety of signals when the signals being sent by the vestibular system and visual system are not in agreement, i.e. the eyes may be telling the body that one is not moving, but the vestibular systems' fine-tuned senses are detecting and communicating the opposite.