Lloyd B. Minor, M.D.
Andelot Professor and Director, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
EDUCATION - Medical School
Brown University
EDUCATION - Residency
University of Chicago
EDUCATION - Fellowship
The EAR Foundation of Nashville
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Otolaryngology
CLINICAL INTERESTS
- Otology
- Neuro-otology
- Vestibular diagnosis and treatment.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Basic and clinical vestibular physiology
- Laboratory - Vestibular Neurophysiology Lab
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Minor, L.B., Solomon, D., Zinreich, J., and Zee, D.S. (1998). Sound-and/or pressure-induced vertigo due to bone dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal. Archives of Otolaryngology-- Head Neck Surgery 124: 249-258.
Minor, L.B., Lasker, D.M., Backous, D.D., and Hullar, T.E. (1999). Horizontal vestibuloocular reflex evoked by high-acceleration rotations in the squirrel monkey. I. Normal responses. Journal of Neurophysiology 82: 1254-1270.
Lasker, D.M., Backous, D.D., Lysakowski, A., Davis, G.L., and Minor, L.B. (1999). Horizontal vestibuloocular reflex evoked by high-acceleration rotations in the squirrel monkey. II. Responses after canal plugging. Journal of Neurophysiology 82: 1271-1285.
Hullar, T.E. and Minor, L.B. (1999). High-frequency dynamics of regularly discharging canal afferent provide a linear signal for angular vestibuloocular reflexes. Journal of Neurophysiology 82: 2000-2005.
Lasker, D.M., Hullar, T.E., and Minor, L.B. (2000). Horizontal vestibuloocular reflex evoked by high-acceleration rotations in the squirrel monkey. III. Responses after labyrinthectomy. Journal of Neurophysiology 83: 2482-2496.
Clendaniel, R.A., Lasker, D.M., and Minor, L.B. (2001). Horizontal vestibuloocular reflex evoked by high-acceleration rotations in the squirrel monkey. IV. Responses after spectacle-induced adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology 86: 1594-1611.
Armand, M., and Minor, L.B. (2001). Relationship between time- and frequency-domain analyses of angular head movements in the squirrel monkey. Journal of Computational Neuroscience,11: 217-239.
Cullen, K.E. and Minor, L.B. (2002). Semicircular canal afferents similarly encode active and passive head rotation: Implications for the role of vestibular efference. Journal of Neuroscience, 22: RC226(1-7).
Hirvonen, T.P., Minor, L.B., Hullar, T.E., and Carey, J.P. (2005) Effects of intratympanic gentamicin on vestibular afferents and hair cells in the chinchilla. Journal of Neurophysiology 93:643-55.
Hullar, T.E., Lasker, D.M., Hirvonen, T.P., Carey, J.P., and Minor, L.B. (2005) Responses of irregularly discharging chinchilla semicircular canal vestibular-nerve afferents during high-frequency head rotations. Journal of Neurophysiology, 93:2777-2786.
Minor, L.B. (2005) Clinical Manifestations of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence. Laryngoscope, 115:1717-1727.
