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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2016

Visual-vestibular processing in the human Sylvian fissure.

Sebastian M Frank, Anna Maria Wirth, Mark W Greenlee

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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  16. Visual Attention Modulates Glutamate-Glutamine Levels in Vestibular Cortex: Evidence from Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sebastian M FrankDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Anna Maria WirthInstitute of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; and.
Mark W GreenleeInstitute of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; and mark.greenlee@ur.de.
University of Regensburg · DEDartmouth College · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlike other sensory systems, the cortical organization of the human vestibular system is not well established. A central role is assumed for the region of the posterior Sylvian fissure, close to the posterior insula. At this site, activation during vestibular stimulation has been observed in previous imaging studies and labeled as the parieto-insular vestibular cortex area (PIVC). However, vestibular responses are found in other parts of the Sylvian fissure as well, including a region that is referred to as the posterior insular cortex (PIC). The anatomical and functional relationship between PIC and PIVC is still poorly understood, because both areas have never been compared in the same participants. Therefore, to better understand the apparently more complex organization of vestibular cortex in the Sylvian fissure, we employed caloric and visual object motion stimuli during functional magnetic resonance imaging and compared location and function of PIVC and PIC in the same participants. Both regions responded to caloric vestibular stimulation, but only the activation pattern in right PIVC reliably represented the direction of the caloric stimulus. Conversely, activity in PIVC was suppressed during stimulation with visual object motion, whereas PIC showed activation. Area PIC is located at a more posterior site in the Sylvian fissure than PIVC. Our results suggest that PIVC and PIC should be considered separate areas in the vestibular Sylvian network, both in terms of location and function.

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Brain MappingAdultAfferent PathwaysCerebral CortexFemaleFunctional LateralityHot TemperatureHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMotion PerceptionMultivariate AnalysisOxygenPhotic StimulationOxygenarea PICarea PIVCcaloric vestibular stimulationSylvian fissurevestibular cortex

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PMID27075535
PMCPMC4969386
OpenAlexW2338234390

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