The integration of vestibular and visual signals is essential for spatial orientation, self-motion perception, and postural stability. However, sensory conflicts and environmental changes demand adaptive neural mechanisms to maintain perceptual reliability....
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Discussion
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No actionable change — this is a neuroscience review providing theoretical context for vestibular-visual integration and plasticity; it does not offer direct clinical protocols for audiologists or vestibular therapists.
Understanding how the brain compensates when vestibular or visual input is disrupted may inform future rehabilitation strategies for patients with balance disorders.
- 01Review covers cortical mechanisms integrating vestibular and visual signals for spatial stability.
- 02Cross-modal plasticity describes how the brain rewires when one sensory system is impaired.
- 03Published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits; PMID 42491282.
- 04Findings are relevant to understanding compensation after unilateral vestibular loss.
- 05No clinical trial data presented; entirely theoretical and mechanistic in scope.
Cross-modal plasticity enables stable spatial perception after vestibular or visual system disruption.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42491282
- DOI
- 10.3389/fncir.2026.1876597.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neural Circuits
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Not applicable — narrative review of neural mechanisms
- Intervention
- Cortical vestibular-visual interaction and cross-modal plasticity
Primary outcomes
Characterization of vestibular-visual cortical interactions; Mechanisms of cross-modal plasticity for postural and spatial stability