BEYOND BALANCE: Vestibular Contributions to the Endocrine System
The first thing most people think of when the vestibular system is mentioned is balance. Decades of research illustrate that the vestibular system contributes to numerous systems throughout the human body, and, that vestibular stimulation can be beneficial to many different aspects of the endocrine system: Minu, Johny, & Sailesh, Kumar & Rajagopalan, Archana & Mukkadan, Joseph Kurien. (2017). Vestibular stimulation for management of premenstrual syndrome. Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine. 8. 82. Mukkadan Joseph Kurien, Archana Rajagopalan, Kumar Sai Sailesh, Varsha Varghese, Arati Amin, Udaya Kumar Reddy, Jinu Kochakkan Varghese, Soumya Mishra. Stress,Thyroid Hormone Secretion and Vestibular Stimulation: A Review of the Links. BEMS Reports, 2015; 1(2): 31-34 Rajagopalan, A., Jinu, K. V., Sailesh, K. S., Mishra, S., Reddy, U. K., & Mukkadan, J. K. (2017). Understanding the links between vestibular and limbic systems regulating emotions. Jou...