In the rabbit uvula-nodulus, vestibular and optokinetic information is mapped onto parasagittal zones by climbing fibers. These zones are related functionally to different pairs of vertical semicircular canals, otolithic inputs and horizontal optokinetic inputs. Vestibular stimulation restricted to one of these zones modulates climbing fiber responses (CFRs). Within each of these zones, simple ...

A 14 month male patient with a background of unilateral right canal stenosis, enteral nutrition through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) due to dysphagia from weaning, hospital admittance for bronchopneumonia, dysphoric crying, coughing after swallowing, and asphyctic episodes was referred to our hospital for study and treatment. Examination revealed small low inward facing auricles, a...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a recently recognized connective tissue disorder caused by mutations of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β receptors. It is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by the triad of arterial tortuosity and aneurysms, hypertelorism, and bifid uvula or cleft palate. We treated an 18-year-old woman with a 100-mm-diameter aortic root aneurysm and severe aortic v...

was not deformed in shape externally. The right nasal cavity was occupied by a tumour which obliterated the whole cavity and extended into the posterior nares. The septum was pressed into the left cavity* touching the external wall and blocking the passage on that side also. Externally the tumour was flush with the edges of the anterior nares, the four-anna sized surface which was exposed being...