Vestibular cortex

Vestibular cortex

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Vestibular cortex is the portion of the cerebrum which responds to input from the vestibular system.cite journal |author=Duque-Parra JE |title=Perspective on the vestibular cortex throughout history |journal=Anat Rec B New Anat |volume=280 |issue=1 |pages=15–9 |year=2004 |month=September |pmid=15382110 |doi=10.1002/ar.b.20031 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.b.20031]

The location is not well defined, but some research indicates a right hemisphere dominance.cite journal |author=Philbeck JW, Behrmann M, Biega T, Levy L |title=Asymmetrical perception of body rotation after unilateral injury to human vestibular cortex |journal=Neuropsychologia |volume=44 |issue=10 |pages=1878–90 |year=2006 |pmid=16581095 |doi=10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.02.004 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0028-3932(06)00053-4]

Lesions of the vestibular nucleus impair function.cite journal |author=Dieterich M, Bense S, Stephan T, Brandt T, Schwaiger M, Bartenstein P |title=Medial vestibular nucleus lesions in Wallenberg's syndrome cause decreased activity of the contralateral vestibular cortex |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=1039 |issue= |pages=368–83 |year=2005 |month=April |pmid=15826990 |doi=10.1196/annals.1325.035 |url=http://www.annalsnyas.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15826990]

The "temporo-peri-Sylvian vestibular cortex" (TPSVC) has been proposed as an analog to parietoinsular vestibular cortex found in monkeys.cite journal |author=Kahane P, Hoffmann D, Minotti L, Berthoz A |title=Reappraisal of the human vestibular cortex by cortical electrical stimulation study |journal=Ann. Neurol. |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=615–24 |year=2003 |month=November |pmid=14595651 |doi=10.1002/ana.10726 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.10726]

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