Contralateral Activation of the Vestibular Cortex in Acute Vestibular Neuritis (FDG-PET Study)
S Bense, P Schlindwein, K Prange, HG Buchholz, T Brandt, P Bartenstein, M Dieterich · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2004 · Heft 08
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Zusammenfassung
Earlier positron-emission tomography (PET) water activation studies during caloric vestibular stimulation in healthy volunteers showed bilateral increases of the regional cerebral blood flow in several multisensory vestibular areas, e.g., the parieto-insular vestibular cortex in the posterior insula, adjacent temporo-parietal areas such as superior temporal gyrus (BA22) and inferior parietal lobule (BA 40), posterolateral thalamus, and anterior cingulate gyrus. This bilateral activation pattern was modulated by two factors: A) a dominance of the non-dominant hemisphere, B) a predominant projection to the hemisph…