While vomiting is the extreme response, the predominant functioning of the vestibular system is to restore equilibrium as rapidly as possible.
The vestibular nuclei are a major center for the integration of visual, vestibular, and muscular proprioceptive inputs and may also receive flight-related signals.
Direct connectivity between subcortical nuclei (vestibular, collicular) and the oculomotor complex exists and these structures could interact independently of the cortex.
The primary afferent projections of vestibular end organs are distributed to several ipsilateral vestibular nuclei.
Some ototoxic drugs such as streptomycin and gentamicin are remarkably selective for the vestibular system, so that monitoring hearing is of little use.
In addition, it highlights the role of alternative contemporary approaches in the management of vestibular schwannomas.
Similarly, gravito-inertial structure (available to the vestibular system) taken alone is ambiguous with respect to this difference.
The most common identifiable cause of bilateral vestibular loss is ototoxic drug exposure.
