Acupuncture at the Neiguan acupoint (PC6) alleviates postoperative and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Nevertheless, the central regulatory effects of PC6 stimulation on virtual reality motion sickness (VRMS), a form of physiological vertigo triggered by visual-vestibular sensory conflict, and the corresponding alterations in electroencephalogram (EEG) microstate characteristics remain unclear....
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change for audiologists; this study concerns VR-induced nausea management via acupuncture and has no direct application to hearing care practice.
As VR is increasingly used in audiology rehabilitation and testing, understanding how to minimise VR-induced nausea could improve patient tolerance of VR-based hearing interventions.
- 01Study examines brainwave (EEG) microstate changes from stimulating acupoint PC6 under VR immersion.
- 02Different stimulation modes at PC6 produced distinct EEG microstate patterns.
- 03Research context is nausea and vomiting management in VR environments.
- 04Published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience.
- 05Peripheral relevance to audiology lies in VR's growing role in audiological rehabilitation.
Different modes of stimulation at acupoint PC6 regulate different EEG microstates under VR immersion.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42991290
- DOI
- 10.3389/fncom.2026.1938329.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Healthy participants undergoing VR immersion
- Intervention
- Different modes of acupoint PC6 (Neiguan) stimulation
- Comparator
- Varying stimulation modes at PC6
Primary outcomes
EEG microstate patterns under VR immersion; Modulation of nausea/vomiting-related neural activity