title: A place principle for vertigo.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a road map of the vestibular labyrinth and its innervation leading to a place principle for different forms of vertigo.
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature describing the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system was reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Different forms of vertigo may be determined by the type of sense organ, type of ganglion cell and location in the vestibular nerve.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Partial lesions (viral) of the vestibular ganglion are manifested as various forms of vertigo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. gacekr@ummhc.org
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gacek
mesh_terms: D008267:Acoustic Maculae / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018069:Hair Cells, Vestibular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis / Q000502:physiology; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D010037:Otolithic Membrane / Q000294:innervation; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D054776:Semicircular Ducts / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000160:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology