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Vestibular Control of Sympathetic Activity

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, have recently found that gravity sensors in the middle ear (otolith organs) play an important role in maintaining blood flow to the brain during movement. This work is supported by NASA (1, 2) and the NIH.

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