Electrical stimulation of the peripheral and central vestibular system

C Lopez, KE Cullen - Current opinion in neurology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Recent studies have established that GVS evokes robust and parallel activation of both
canal and otolith afferents that is significantly different from that evoked by natural head …

Vestibular motor control

KE Cullen - Handbook of clinical Neurology, 2023 - Elsevier
The vestibular system is an essential sensory system that generates motor reflexes that are
crucial for our daily activities, including stabilizing the visual axis of gaze and maintaining …

The neural basis for biased behavioral responses evoked by galvanic vestibular stimulation in primates

PA Forbes, A Kwan, DE Mitchell, JS Blouin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Noninvasive electrical stimulation of the vestibular system in humans has become an
increasingly popular tool with a broad range of research and clinical applications. However …

Vestibular contributions to primate neck postural muscle activity during natural motion

RL Mildren, KE Cullen - Journal of Neuroscience, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
To maintain stable posture of the head and body during our everyday activities, the brain
integrates information across multiple sensory systems. Here, we examined how the primate …

Vestibular control of deep and superficial lumbar muscles

A Gallina, J Abboud, JS Blouin - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
The active control of the lumbar musculature provides a stable platform critical for postures
and goal-directed movements. Voluntary and perturbation-evoked motor commands can …

Restoring vestibular function during natural self-motion: Progress and challenges

KP Wiboonsaksakul, OME Leavitt Brown, KE Cullen - eLife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
The vestibular system is integral to behavior; the loss of peripheral vestibular function leads
to disabling consequences, such as blurred vision, dizziness, and unstable posture …

A portable and low-cost solution for real-time manipulation of the vestibular sense

A Chen, C Kuo, JS Blouin - Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The vestibular system encodes head motion in space which is naturally
accompanied by other sensory cues. Electrical stimuli, applied across the mastoid …

Exploring the Potentials of Wearable Technologies in Managing Vestibular Hypofunction

A Mohammed, S Li, X Liu - Bioengineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
The vestibular system is dedicated to gaze stabilization, postural balance, and spatial
orientation; this makes vestibular function crucial for our ability to interact effectively with our …

Light touch alters vestibular-evoked balance responses: Insights into dynamics of sensorimotor reweighting

MH Goar, M Barnett-Cowan… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Integrated multisensory feedback plays a crucial role in balance control. Minimal fingertip
contact with a surface (light-touch), reduces center of pressure (CoP) by adding sensory …

Vertebral level specific modulation of paraspinal muscle activity based on vestibular signals during walking

YC Li, SM Bruijn, KK Lemaire… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Evoking muscle responses by electrical vestibular stimulation (EVS) may help to understand
the contribution of the vestibular system to postural control. Although paraspinal muscles …