Rühl, Maxine; Kimmel, Rebecca; Ertl, Matthias; Conrad, Julian; Zu Eulenburg, Peter (2023). In Vivo Localization of the Human Velocity Storage Mechanism and Its Core Cerebellar Networks by Means of Galvanic-Vestibular Afternystagmus and fMRI. Cerebellum, 22(2), pp. 194-205. Springer 10.1007/s12311-022-01374-8
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Humans are able to estimate head movements accurately despite the short half-life of information coming from our inner ear motion sensors. The observation that the central angular velocity estimate outlives the decaying signal of the semicircular canal afferents led to the concept of a velocity storage mechanism (VSM). The VSM can be activated via visual and vestibular modalities and becomes manifest in ocular motor responses after sustained stimulation like whole-body rotations, optokinetic or galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS). The VSM has been the focus of many computational modelling approaches; little attention though has been paid to discover its actual structural correlates. Animal studies localized the VSM in the medial and superior vestibular nuclei. A significant modulation by cerebellar circuitries including the uvula and nodulus has been proposed. Nevertheless, the corresponding neuroanatomical structures in humans have not been identified so far. The aim of the present study was to delineate the neural substrates of the VSM using high-resolution infratentorial fMRI with a fast T2* sequence optimized for infratentorial neuroimaging and via video-oculography (VOG). The neuroimaging experiment (n=20) gave first in vivo evidence for an involvement of the vestibular nuclei in the VSM and substantiate a crucial role for cerebellar circuitries. Our results emphasize the importance of cerebellar feedback loops in VSM most likely represented by signal increases in vestibulo-cerebellar hubs like the uvula and nodulus and lobule VIIIA. The delineated activation maps give new insights regarding the function and embedment of Crus I, Crus II, and lobule VII and VIII in the human vestibular system.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ertl, Matthias |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1473-4222 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
28 Feb 2022 15:31 |
Last Modified: |
06 Mar 2023 00:11 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s12311-022-01374-8 |
PubMed ID: |
35212978 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Cerebellum Galvanic vestibular stimulation Neuroimaging Uvula Velocity storage mechanism |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/166081 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166081 |
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