Vestibulo-cortical hemispheric dominance: The link between anxiety and the vestibular system?

ABSTRACT: Vestibular processing and anxiety networks are functionally intertwined, as demonstrated by reports of reciprocal influences upon each other. Yet whether there is an underlying link between these two systems remains unknown. Previous findings have highlighted the involvement of hemispheric lateralisation in processing of both anxiety and vestibular signals. Accordingly, we explored the interaction between vestibular cortical processing and anxiety by assessing the relationship between anxiety levels and the degree of hemispheric lateralisation of vestibulo-cortical processing in 64 right-handed, healthy individuals. Vestibulo-cortical hemispheric lateralisation was determined by gaging the degree of caloric-induced nystagmus suppression following modulation of cortical excitability using t

SUBMITTER: Bednarczuk NF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6099323 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature