ArticleNature communications2019
Neural substrates, dynamics and thresholds of galvanic vestibular stimulation in the behaving primate.
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- Visual modulation of vestibular-evoked balance response disturbed by posterior cortical atrophy.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- A consistent vigor network in Parkinson's disease: a potential target for brain stimulation effects.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Toward a neuroergonomic understanding of spatial disorientation.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Galvanic vestibular stimulation alters the sense of upright.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- The impact of electrical vestibular stimulation on the onset of erector spinae muscles activation elicited by a postural and a voluntary task.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Motion sickness susceptibility modulates the impact of electrical vestibular stimulation on postural control.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Head kinematic variability is minimal near preferred cadence and independent of the vestibular control of locomotion.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Balance control threshold to vestibular stimuli.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- Validating sensory conflict theory and mitigating motion sickness in humans with galvanic vestibular stimulation.Communications engineering · 2025Article
- A wide-ranging review of galvanic vestibular stimulation: from its genesis to basic science and clinical applications.Experimental brain research · 2025Review
- Exploring GVS as a display modality: cutaneous sensations and cue association maintenance.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) uses the external application of electrical current to selectively target the vestibular system in humans. Despite its recent popularity for the assessment/treatment of clinical conditions, exactly how this non-invasive tool activates the vestibular system remains an open question. Here we directly investigate single vestibular afferent responses to GVS applied to the mastoid processes of awake-behaving monkeys. Transmastoid GVS produces robust and parallel activation of both canal and otolith afferents. Notably, afferent activation increases with intrinsic neuronal variability resulting in constant GVS-evoked neuronal detection thresholds across all afferents. Additionally, afferent tuning differs for GVS versus natural self-motion stimulation. Using a stochastic model of repetitive activity in afferents, we largely explain the main features of GVS-evoked vestibular afferent dynamics. Taken together, our results reveal the neural substrate underlying transmastoid GVS-evoked perceptual, ocular and postural responses-information that is essential to advance GVS applicability for biomedical uses in humans.
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