Local Vestibular Blood Flow and Systemic Vascular Responses to Natural Vestibular Stimulation in the Mongolian Gerbil

Abstract

To the authors' knowledge, these are the first in vivo descriptions of vestibular blood flow during natural stimulation. In the alert animals, VBF increased in response to NS. This increase in flow does not appear to be directly dependent on systemic blood pressure changes and indicates that the vestibular microvasculature is closely regulated.