Research Interests:
- The anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
- The vestibular labyrinth of the inner ear:
- Semicircular canals
- Otoliths
- Utricular macula
- Saccular macula
- Vestibular loss and compensation
- Vestibulo-ocular reflex
- Eye movements, especially ocular torsion
- Linear acceleration and angular acceleration stimulation:
- Hippocampus
- Long-term potentiation (LTP)
- Spatial memory
- Spatial learning
- The neural basis of schizophrenia
Professor Ian S. Curthoys,
Vestibular Research Laboratory

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