Publications by VNEL Researchers

Chow MR, Fernandez Brillet C, Hageman KN, Roberts DC, Ayiotis AI, Haque RM, Della Santina CC.

J Neurophysiol. 2023 Apr 05 (in press) doi: https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00445.2022.


Chow MR, Ayiotis AI, Schoo DP, Gimmon Y, Lane KE, Morris BJ, Rahman MA, Valentin NS, Boutros PJ, Bowditch SP, Ward BK, Sun DQ, Treviño Guajardo C, Schubert MC, Carey JP, Della Santina CC.

N Engl J Med. 2021 Feb 11;384(6):521-532. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2020457. PMID: 33567192

*Key paper about vestibular implant trial outcomes


Hedjoudje A, Schoo DP, Ward BK, Carey JP, Della Santina CC, Pearl M.

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 Jan;42(2):370-376. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6991. Epub 2020 Dec 24.PMID: 33361382


van de Berg R, Ramos A, van Rompaey V, Bisdorff A, Perez-Fornos A, Rubinstein JT, Phillips JO, Strupp M, Della Santina CC, Guinand N.

J Vestib Res. 2020;30(3):213-223. doi: 10.3233/VES-200701. PMID: 32651339


Ono K, Keller J, López Ramírez O, González Garrido A, Zobeiri OA, Chang HHV, Vijayakumar S, Ayiotis A, Duester G, Della Santina CC, Jones SM, Cullen KE, Eatock RA, Wu DK.

Nat Commun. 2020 Jan 2;11(1):63. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13710-4. PMID: 31896743 


Hageman KN, Chow MR, Roberts D, Della Santina CC.

J Neurophysiol. 2020 Jan 1;123(1):243-258. doi: 10.1152/jn.00882.2018. Epub 2019 Nov 20. PMID: 31747360 


Hageman KN, Chow MR, Roberts D, Boutros PJ, Tooker A, Lee K, Felix S, Pannu SS, Haque R, Della Santina CC.

J Neurophysiol. 2020 Jan 1;123(1):259-276. doi: 10.1152/jn.00883.2018. Epub 2019 Nov 20. PMID: 31747349 


Boutros PJ, Schoo DP, Rahman M, Valentin NS, Chow MR, Ayiotis AI, Morris BJ, Hofner A, Rascon AM, Marx A, Deas R, Fridman GY, Davidovics NS, Ward BK, Treviño C, Bowditch SP, Roberts DC, Lane KE, Gimmon Y, Schubert MC, Carey JP, Jaeger A, Della Santina CC.

JCI Insight. 2019 Nov 14;4(22):e128397. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.128397. PMID: 31723056 

*Key paper about vestibular implant trial outcomes


Eggers SDZ, Bisdorff A, von Brevern M, Zee DS, Kim JS, Perez-Fernandez N, Welgampola MS, Della Santina CC, Newman-Toker DE.

J Vestib Res. 2019;29(2-3):57-87. doi: 10.3233/VES-190658. PMID: 31256095 Review.


Hedjoudje A, Hayden R, Dai C, Ahn J, Rahman M, Risi F, Zhang J, Mori S, Della Santina CC.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2019 Aug;20(4):313-339. doi: 10.1007/s10162-019-00725-3. Epub 2019 Jun 4. PMID: 31165284 


Boutros PJ, Valentin NS, Hageman KN, Dai C, Roberts D, Della Santina CC.

J Neurophysiol. 2019 Jun 1;121(6):2256-2266. doi: 10.1152/jn.00887.2018. Epub 2019 Apr 17. PMID: 30995152 


Khan SI, Della Santina CC, Migliaccio AA.

J Neurophysiol. 2019 Jun 1;121(6):2291-2299. doi: 10.1152/jn.00811.2018. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 30969887


Khan SI, Della Santina CC, Migliaccio AA.

J Neurophysiol. 2019 Jun 1;121(6):2300-2307. doi: 10.1152/jn.00812.2018. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 30969882


Aplin FP, Singh D, Della Santina CC, Fridman GY.

J Vestib Res. 2019;29(2-3):89-96. doi: 10.3233/VES-190651. PMID: 30856136 


Baxter M, McCorkle C, Trevino Guajardo C, Zuniga MG, Carter AM, Della Santina CC, Minor LB, Carey JP, Ward BK.

Otol Neurotol. 2019 Feb;40(2):204-212. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002077. PMID: 30570606 


Ward BK, Lee YH, Roberts DC, Naylor E, Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC.

Otol Neurotol. 2018 Dec;39(10):e1150-e1159. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002024. PMID: 30444848 


Iversen MM, Zhu H, Zhou W, Della Santina CC, Carey JP, Rabbitt RD.

Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 6;8(1):10257. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28592-7. PMID: 29980716 


Strupp M, Kim JS, Murofushi T, Straumann D, Jen JC, Rosengren SM, Della Santina CC, Kingma H.

J Vestib Res. 2017;27(4):177-189. doi: 10.3233/VES-170619.

PMID: 29081426


Xie Y, Sharon JD, Pross SE, Abt NB, Varma S, Della Santina CC, Minor LB, Carey JP.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Aug;157(2):273-280. doi: 10.1177/0194599817706491. Epub 2017 Jun 27. PMID: 28653553


Dai C, Lehar M, Sun DQ, Rvt LS, Carey JP, MacLachlan T, Brough D, Staecker H, Della Santina AM, Hullar TE, Della Santina CC.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2017 Aug;18(4):601-617. doi: 10.1007/s10162-017-0628-6. Epub 2017 Jun 23. PMID: 28646272 


Johnson LA, Della Santina CC, Wang X.

J Neurosci. 2017 Jul 19;37(29):7008-7022. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0093-17.2017. Epub 2017 Jun 20.f PMID: 28634306 


Tan GX, Schoo DP, Della Santina CC, Rahman MA, Valentin Contreras NS, Sun CH, Chiang B.

IEEE Int Symp Med Meas Appl. 2017 May;2017:94-99. doi: 10.1109/MeMeA.2017.7985856. Epub 2017 Jul 20. PMID: 30221255 


Mitchell DE, Della Santina CC, Cullen KE.

Sci Rep. 2017 Apr 12;7(1):853. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00956-5. PMID: 28405011 


Johnson LA, Della Santina CC, Wang X.

J Neurosci. 2016 Dec 7;36(49):12468-12484. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1699-16.2016. PMID: 27927962 


Newman-Toker DE, Della Santina CC, Blitz AM.

Handb Clin Neurol. 2016;136:905-21. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53486-6.00046-6. PMID: 27430449 


Rabbitt RD, Brichta AM, Tabatabaee H, Boutros PJ, Ahn J, Della Santina CC, Poppi LA, Lim R.

J Neurophysiol. 2016 Aug 1;116(2):825-43. doi: 10.1152/jn.00110.2016. Epub 2016 May 25. PMID: 27226448 


Mitchell DE, Della Santina CC, Cullen KE.

Nat Commun. 2016 May 9;7:11238. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11238. PMID: 27157829 


Eron JN, Davidovics N, Della Santina CC.

Neurosci Lett. 2015 Aug 18;602:156-61. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.06.060. Epub 2015 Jul 7. PMID: 26163461 


Ward BK, Wenzel A, Kalyani RR, Agrawal Y, Feng AL, Polydefkis M, Ying HS, Schubert MC, Zuniga MG, Della Santina CC, Carey JP.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Jul;153(1):112-8. doi: 10.1177/0194599815576717. Epub 2015 Mar 31. PMID: 25829391


Sun DQ, Lehar M, Dai C, Swarthout L, Lauer AM, Carey JP, Mitchell DE, Cullen KE, Della Santina CC.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2015 Jun;16(3):373-87. doi: 10.1007/s10162-015-0515-y. Epub 2015 Mar 20. PMID: 25790951 

*Key paper about the impact of gentamicin and vestibular implant surgery on the inner ear


Ward BK, Roberts DC, Della Santina CC, Carey JP, Zee DS.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2015 Apr;1343(1):69-79. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12702. Epub 2015 Mar 3. PMID: 25735662 


Wenzel A, Ward BK, Ritzl EK, Gutierrez-Hernandez S, Della Santina CC, Minor LB, Carey JP.

Otol Neurotol. 2015 Jan;36(1):139-45. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000642. PMID: 25333320 


Sun DQ, Ward BK, Semenov YR, Carey JP, Della Santina CC.

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Jun;140(6):527-34. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.490. PMID: 24763518 

*Key paper about personal and societal implant of bilateral vestibular hypofunction


Ward BK, Roberts DC, Della Santina CC, Carey JP, Zee DS.

Front Neurol. 2014 Mar 13;5:28. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00028. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24659983 


Ward BK, Tan GX, Roberts DC, Della Santina CC, Zee DS, Carey JP.

PLoS One. 2014 Mar 19;9(3):e92109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092109. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24647586 


Dai C, Fridman GY, Chiang B, Rahman MA, Ahn JH, Davidovics NS, Della Santina CC.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2013 Dec;14(6):863-77. doi: 10.1007/s10162-013-0413-0. Epub 2013 Sep 8. PMID: 24013822 


Ward BK, Agrawal Y, Hoffman HJ, Carey JP, Della Santina CC.

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Aug 1;139(8):803-10. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.3913. PMID: 23949355 

*Key paper about personal and societal implant of bilateral vestibular hypofunction


Ward BK, Wenzel A, Ritzl EK, Gutierrez-Hernandez S, Della Santina CC, Minor LB, Carey JP.

Otol Neurotol. 2013 Oct;34(8):1421-8. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318287efe6. PMID: 23644303 


Fridman GY, Della Santina CC.

IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2013 Mar;21(2):319-28. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2245423.PMID: 23476007 


Ahn JH, Dai C, Della Santina CC.

J Neurosci Methods. 2013 May 15;215(2):161-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Feb 11. PMID: 23411123


Davidovics NS, Rahman MA, Dai C, Ahn J, Fridman GY, Della Santina CC.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2013 Apr;14(2):233-48. doi: 10.1007/s10162-013-0370-7. Epub 2013 Jan 26. PMID: 23355001 


Fridman GY, Della Santina CC.

Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2012 Nov;295(11):2010-29. doi: 10.1002/ar.22581. Epub 2012 Oct 8. PMID: 23044664 


Ward BK, Agrawal Y, Nguyen E, Della Santina CC, Limb CJ, Francis HW, Minor LB, Carey JP.

Otol Neurotol. 2012 Oct;33(8):1386-91. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318268d20d. PMID: 22935810 


Johnson LA, Della Santina CC, Wang X.

Hear Res. 2012 Aug;290(1-2):37-44. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.05.002. Epub 2012 May 11. PMID: 22583919 


Davidovics NS, Fridman GY, Della Santina CC.

Exp Brain Res. 2012 May;218(3):389-400. doi: 10.1007/s00221-012-3025-8. Epub 2012 Feb 19. PMID: 22349559


Sun DQ, Rahman MA, Fridman G, Dai C, Chiang B, Della Santina CC.

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011;2011:3519-23. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090584. PMID: 22255099 


Rahman MA, Dai C, Fridman GY, Davidovics NS, Chiang B, Ahn J, Hayden R, Melvin TA, Sun DQ, Hedjoudje A, Della Santina CC.

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011;2011:3142-5. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090857. PMID: 22255006 


Roberts DC, Marcelli V, Gillen JS, Carey JP, Della Santina CC, Zee DS.

Curr Biol. 2011 Oct 11;21(19):1635-40. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.029. Epub 2011 Sep 22. PMID: 21945276 


Dai C, Fridman GY, Davidovics NS, Chiang B, Ahn JH, Della Santina CC.

Hear Res. 2011 Nov;281(1-2):74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.08.008. Epub 2011 Aug 26. PMID: 21888961 


Ushio M, Minor LB, Della Santina CC, Lasker DM.

Exp Brain Res. 2011 May;210(3-4):651-60. doi: 10.1007/s00221-011-2622-2. Epub 2011 Mar 23. PMID: 21431432 


Hayden R, Sawyer S, Frey E, Mori S, Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC.

Exp Brain Res. 2011 May;210(3-4):623-40. doi: 10.1007/s00221-011-2599-x. Epub 2011 Mar 6. PMID: 21380738 


Dai C, Fridman GY, Chiang B, Davidovics NS, Melvin TA, Cullen KE, Della Santina CC.

Exp Brain Res. 2011 May;210(3-4):595-606. doi: 10.1007/s00221-011-2591-5. Epub 2011 Mar 4. PMID: 21374081


Kim KS, Minor LB, Della Santina CC, Lasker DM.

Exp Brain Res. 2011 May;210(3-4):643-9. doi: 10.1007/s00221-011-2600-8. Epub 2011 Mar 3. PMID: 21369854 


Dai C, Fridman GY, Della Santina CC.

Hear Res. 2011 Jul;277(1-2):204-10. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.12.021. Epub 2010 Dec 31. PMID: 21195755 


Agrawal Y, Carey JP, Della Santina CC, Schubert MC, Minor LB.

Otol Neurotol. 2010 Dec;31(9):1445-50. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181f2f035. PMID: 20856157


Davidovics NS, Fridman GY, Chiang B, Della Santina CC.

IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2011 Feb;19(1):84-94. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2065241. Epub 2010 Sep 2. PMID: 20813652 


Migliaccio AA, Minor LB, Della Santina CC.

J Physiol. 2010 Oct 15;588(Pt 20):3855-67. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.196287. Epub 2010 Aug 19. PMID: 20724359 


Della Santina CC.

Sci Am. 2010 Apr;302(4):68-71. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0410-68. PMID: 20349578 


Fridman GY, Davidovics NS, Dai C, Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2010 Sep;11(3):367-81. doi: 10.1007/s10162-010-0208-5. Epub 2010 Feb 23. PMID: 20177732 


59. Vestibular function and vertigo control after intratympanic gentamicin for Ménière's disease.

Nguyen KD, Minor LB, Della Santina CC, Carey JP.

Audiol Neurootol. 2009;14(6):361-72. doi: 10.1159/000241893. Epub 2009 Nov 16. PMID: 19923806 


60.  Middle ear exploration in patients with Ménière's disease who have failed outpatient intratympanic gentamicin therapy.

Crane BT, Minor LB, Della Santina CC, Carey JP.

Otol Neurotol. 2009 Aug;30(5):619-24. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181a66d2b. PMID: 19503016


61. Disorders of balance and vestibular function in US adults: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2004.

Agrawal Y, Carey JP, Della Santina CC, Schubert MC, Minor LB.

Arch Intern Med. 2009 May 25;169(10):938-44. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.66. PMID: 19468085


62. Penlight-cover test: a new bedside method to unmask nystagmus.

Newman-Toker DE, Sharma P, Chowdhury M, Clemons TM, Zee DS, Della Santina CC.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;80(8):900-3. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.174128. Epub 2009 Mar 30. PMID: 19336432


63. Time course of repeated intratympanic gentamicin for Ménière's disease.

Nguyen KD, Minor LB, Della Santina CC, Carey JP.

Laryngoscope. 2009 Apr;119(4):792-8. doi: 10.1002/lary.20055. PMID: 19213044 


64. The effects of cochlear implantation on vestibular function.

Melvin TA, Della Santina CC, Carey JP, Migliaccio AA.

Otol Neurotol. 2009 Jan;30(1):87-94. doi: 10.1097/mao.0b013e31818d1cba. PMID: 19108038 


65. Incremental angular vestibulo-ocular reflex adaptation to active head rotation.

Schubert MC, Della Santina CC, Shelhamer M.

Exp Brain Res. 2008 Dec;191(4):435-46. doi: 10.1007/s00221-008-1537-z. Epub 2008 Aug 20. PMID: 18712370 


66. Effects of semicircular canal electrode implantation on hearing in chinchillas.

Tang S, Melvin TA, Della Santina CC.

Acta Otolaryngol. 2009 May;129(5):481-6. doi: 10.1080/00016480802252243. PMID: 18615331 


67. Gentamicin is primarily localized in vestibular type I hair cells after intratympanic administration.

Lyford-Pike S, Vogelheim C, Chu E, Della Santina CC, Carey JP.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2007 Dec;8(4):497-508. doi: 10.1007/s10162-007-0093-8. Epub 2007 Sep 25. PMID: 17899270 


68. Modification of compensatory saccades after aVOR gain recovery.

Schubert MC, Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC.

J Vestib Res. 2006;16(6):285-91. PMID: 17726282 


69. A multichannel semicircular canal neural prosthesis using electrical stimulation to restore 3-d vestibular sensation.

Della Santina CC, Migliaccio AA, Patel AH.

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2007 Jun;54(6 Pt 1):1016-30. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2007.894629. PMID: 17554821 

*Second paper about multichannel vestibular implant outcomes in animals


70. Electrical stimulation to restore vestibular function development of a 3-d vestibular prosthesis.

Della Santina C, Migliaccio A, Patel A.

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2005;2005:7380-5. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616217. PMID: 17281986 

*First paper about multichannel vestibular implant outcomes in animals


71. Dynamic visual acuity during passive head thrusts in canal planes.

Schubert MC, Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2006 Dec;7(4):329-38. doi: 10.1007/s10162-006-0047-6. Epub 2006 Jun 30. PMID: 16810569 


72. Axis of eye rotation changes with head-pitch orientation during head impulses about earth-vertical.

Migliaccio AA, Schubert MC, Clendaniel RA, Carey JP, Della Santina CC, Minor LB, Zee DS.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2006 Jun;7(2):140-50. doi: 10.1007/s10162-006-0029-8. Epub 2006 Mar 22. PMID: 16552499 


73. The effect of binocular eye position and head rotation plane on the human torsional vestibuloocular reflex.

Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC, Carey JP, Minor LB, Zee DS.

Vision Res. 2006 Aug;46(16):2475-86. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.02.008. Epub 2006 Mar 20. PMID: 16545855


74. Search-coil head-thrust and caloric tests in Ménière's disease.

Park HJ, Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC, Minor LB, Carey JP.

Acta Otolaryngol. 2005 Aug;125(8):852-7. doi: 10.1080/00016480510033667. PMID: 16158532 


75. Orientation of human semicircular canals measured by three-dimensional multiplanar CT reconstruction.

Della Santina CC, Potyagaylo V, Migliaccio AA, Minor LB, Carey JP.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2005 Sep;6(3):191-206. doi: 10.1007/s10162-005-0003-x. PMID: 16088383 


76. The vestibulo-ocular reflex response to head impulses rarely decreases after cochlear implantation.

Migliaccio AA, Della Santina CC, Carey JP, Niparko JK, Minor LB.

Otol Neurotol. 2005 Jul;26(4):655-60. doi: 10.1097/01.mao.0000178125.20741.27. PMID: 16015163


77. Superior canal dehiscence is not due to cephalic displacement of the labyrinth.

Potyagaylo VL, Della Santina CC, Minor LB, Carey JP.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Apr;1039:498-502. doi: 10.1196/annals.1325.053. PMID: 15827008


78. Inexpensive system for real-time 3-dimensional video-oculography using a fluorescent marker array.

Migliaccio AA, Macdougall HG, Minor LB, Della Santina CC.

J Neurosci Methods. 2005 Apr 30;143(2):141-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.09.024. Epub 2004 Nov 28. PMID: 15814146 


79. Changes in the three-dimensional angular vestibulo-ocular reflex following intratympanic gentamicin for Ménière's disease.

Carey JP, Minor LB, Peng GC, Della Santina CC, Cremer PD, Haslwanter T.

J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2002 Dec;3(4):430-43. doi: 10.1007/s101620010053. Epub 2002 Mar 26. PMID: 12486598 


80. Comparison of head thrust test with head autorotation test reveals that the vestibulo-ocular reflex is enhanced during voluntary head movements.

Della Santina CC, Cremer PD, Carey JP, Minor LB.

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Sep;128(9):1044-54. doi: 10.1001/archotol.128.9.1044. PMID: 12220209


81. Changes in the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex after a single dose of intratympanic gentamicin for Ménière's disease.

Carey JP, Hirvonen T, Peng GC, Della Santina CC, Cremer PD, Haslwanter T, Minor LB.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 Apr;956:581-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02888.x. PMID: 11960873 


82. The vestibulo-ocular reflex during self-generated head movements by human subjects with unilateral vestibular hypofunction: impoved gain, latency, and alignment provide evidence for preprogramming.

Della Santina CC, Cremer PD, Carey JP, Minor LB.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001 Oct;942:465-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03766.x. PMID: 11710485 


83. Symptoms and signs in superior canal dehiscence syndrome.

Minor LB, Cremer PD, Carey JP, Della Santina CC, Streubel SO, Weg N.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001 Oct;942:259-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03751.x. PMID: 11710468


84. Eye movements in patients with superior canal dehiscence syndrome align with the abnormal canal.

Cremer PD, Minor LB, Carey JP, Della Santina CC.

Neurology. 2000 Dec 26;55(12):1833-41. doi: 10.1212/wnl.55.12.1833. PMID: 11134382