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 …

Potential mechanisms of acute standing balance deficits after concussions and subconcussive head impacts: a review

CZ Qiao, A Chen, JS Blouin, LC Wu - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2021 - Springer
Standing balance deficits are prevalent after concussions and have also been reported after
subconcussive head impacts. However, the mechanisms underlying such deficits are not …

Learning to stand with unexpected sensorimotor delays

BG Rasman, PA Forbes, RM Peters, O Ortiz, I Franks… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Human standing balance relies on self-motion estimates that are used by the nervous
system to detect unexpected movements and enable corrective responses and adaptations …

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 …

Stabilization demands of walking modulate the vestibular contributions to gait

RM Magnani, SM Bruijn, JH van Dieën, PA Forbes - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Stable walking relies critically on motor responses to signals of head motion provided by the
vestibular system, which are phase-dependent and modulated differently within each …

Real-world characterization of vestibular contributions during locomotion

LH Foulger, JM Charlton, JS Blouin - Frontiers in Human …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The vestibular system, which encodes our head movement in space, plays an
important role in maintaining our balance as we navigate the environment. While in …

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 …

The effects of four hours of normobaric hypoxia on the vestibular control of balance

MIB Debenham, CB Bruce, CJ McNeil… - Experimental Brain …, 2024 - Springer
Whole-body vestibular-evoked balance responses decrease following~ 55 min of
normobaric hypoxia. It is unclear how longer durations of hypoxia affect the vestibular …

The effects of acute normobaric hypoxia on vestibular-evoked balance responses in humans

MIB Debenham, TDA Grantham… - Journal of …, 2023 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Hypoxia influences standing balance and vestibular function. OBJECTIVE:
The purpose here was to investigate the effect of hypoxia on the vestibular control of …

Neural mechanisms underlying high-frequency vestibulocollic reflexes in humans and monkeys

PA Forbes, A Kwan, BG Rasman… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
The vestibulocollic reflex is a compensatory response that stabilizes the head in space.
During everyday activities, this stabilizing response is evoked by head movements that …