scholarly journals Galvanic vestibular stimulation modulates the electrophysiological response during face processing

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID WILKINSON ◽  
HEATHER J. FERGUSON ◽  
ALAN WORLEY
Keyword(s):  
Face Processing ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Therapeutic Benefit ◽  
Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Electrophysiological Response ◽  
Disease States ◽  
Vestibular Information ◽  
Theta Frequency

AbstractAlthough galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) is known to affect the speed and accuracy of visual judgments, the underlying electrophysiological response has not been explored. In the present study, we therefore investigated the effect of GVS on the N170 event-related potential, a marker commonly associated with early visual structural encoding. To elicit the waveform, participants distinguished famous from nonfamous faces that were presented in either upright or inverted orientation. Relative to a sham, stimulation increased the amplitude of the N170 and also elevated power spectra within the delta and theta frequency bands, components that have likewise been associated with face processing. This study constitutes the first attempt to model the effects of GVS on the electrophysiological response and, more specifically, indicates that unisensory visual processes linked to object construction are influenced by vestibular information. Given that reductions in the magnitude of both the N170 event-related potential and delta/theta activity accompany certain disease states, GVS may provide hitherto unreported therapeutic benefit.

Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Modifies Vection Paths in Healthy Subjects

2006 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 3199-3207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Lepecq ◽  
Catherine De Waele ◽  
Sophie Mertz-Josse ◽  
Claudine Teyssèdre ◽  
Patrice Tran Ba Huy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Cathode Side ◽  
Motion Path ◽  
Optokinetic Stimulation ◽  
Vestibular Information ◽  
Linear Vection ◽  
Self Motion ◽  
First Time

The present study aimed at determining whether vestibular inputs contribute to the perception of the direction of self-motion. This question was approached by investigating the effects of binaural bipolar galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) on visually induced self-motion (i.e., vection) in healthy subjects. Stationary seated subjects were submitted to optokinetic stimulation inducing either forward or upward linear vection. While perceiving vection, they were administered trapezoidal GVS of different intensities and ramp durations. Subjects indicated the shape and direction of their perceived self-motion path throughout the experiment by a joystick, and after each trial by the manipulation of a 3D mannequin. Results show that: 1) GVS induced alterations of the path of vection; 2) these alterations occurred more often after GVS onset than after GVS offset; 3) the occurrence of vection path alterations after GVS onset depended on the intensity of GVS but not on the steepness of the GVS variation; 4) the vection path deviated laterally according to either an oblique or a curved path; and 5) the vection path deviated toward the cathode side after GVS onset. It is the first time that vestibular information, already known to contribute to the induction of vection, is shown to modify self-motion perception during the course of vection.

scholarly journals Effect of noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation on dynamic posture sway under visual deprivation in patients with bilateral vestibular hypofunction

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Po-Yin Chen ◽  
Ying-Chun Jheng ◽  
Chien-Chih Wang ◽  
Shih-En Huang ◽  
Ting-Hua Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Light Exposure ◽  
Light Condition ◽  
Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Lateral Deviation ◽  
Clinical Trial Registration ◽  
Vestibular Hypofunction ◽  
Dark Conditions ◽  
Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction

AbstractA single-blind study to investigate the effects of noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation (nGVS) in straight walking and 2 Hz head yaw walking for healthy and bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH) participants in light and dark conditions. The optimal stimulation intensity for each participant was determined by calculating standing stability on a force plate while randomly applying six graded nGVS intensities (0–1000 µA). The chest–pelvic (C/P) ratio and lateral deviation of the center of mass (COM) were measured by motion capture during straight and 2 Hz head yaw walking in light and dark conditions. Participants were blinded to nGVS served randomly and imperceivably. Ten BVH patients and 16 healthy participants completed all trials. In the light condition, the COM lateral deviation significantly decreased only in straight walking (p = 0.037) with nGVS for the BVH. In the dark condition, both healthy (p = 0.026) and BVH (p = 0.017) exhibited decreased lateral deviation during nGVS. The C/P ratio decreased significantly in BVH for 2 Hz head yaw walking with nGVS (p = 0.005) in light conditions. This study demonstrated that nGVS effectively reduced walking deviations, especially in visual deprived condition for the BVH. Applying nGVS with different head rotation frequencies and light exposure levels may accelerate the rehabilitation process for patients with BVH.Clinical Trial Registration This clinical trial was prospectively registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov with the Unique identifier: NCT03554941. Date of registration: (13/06/2018).

Habituation to galvanic vestibular stimulation

2004 ◽  
Vol 124 (8) ◽  
pp. 941-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan G. T. Balter ◽  
Robert J. Stokroos ◽  
Rosemiek M. A. Eterman ◽  
Sophie A. B. Paredis ◽  
Joep Orbons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation

The effects of stochastic monopolar galvanic vestibular stimulation on human postural sway

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Anthony P. Scinicariello ◽  
J. Timothy Inglis ◽  
J.J. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Vestibular System ◽  
Postural Sway ◽  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Lower Sensitivity ◽  
Input Stimulus ◽  
Vestibular Perception ◽  
Afferent Nerve Endings ◽  
Young Subjects

Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) is a technique in which small currents are delivered transcutaneously to the afferent nerve endings of the vestibular system through electrodes placed over the mastoid bones. The applied current alters the firing rates of the peripheral vestibular afferents, causing a shift in a standing subject's vestibular perception and a corresponding postural sway. Previously, we showed that in subjects who are facing forward, stochastic bipolar binaural GVS leads to coherent stochastic mediolateral postural sway. The goal of this pilot study was to extend that work and to test the hypothesis that in subjects who are facing forward, stochastic monopolar binaural GVS leads to coherent stochastic anteroposterior postural sway. Stochastic monopolar binaural GVS was applied to ten healthy young subjects. Twenty-four trials, each containing a different galvanic input stimulus from among eight different frequency ranges, were conducted on each subject. Postural sway was evaluated through analysis of the center-of-pressure (COP) displacements under each subject's feet. Spectral analysis was performed on the galvanic stimuli and the COP displacement time series to calculate the coherence spectra. Significant coherence was found between the galvanic input signal and the anteroposterior COP displacement in some of the trials (i.e., at least one) in nine of the ten subjects. In general, the coherence values were highest for the mid-range frequencies that were tested, and lowest for the low- and high-range frequencies. However, the coherence values we obtained were lower than those we previously reported for stochastic bipolar binaural GVS and mediolateral sway. These differences may be due to fundamental characteristics of the vestibular system such as lower sensitivity to symmetric changes in afferent firing dynamics, and/or differences between the biomechanics of anteroposterior and mediolateral sway.

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