This review analyzes recent literature on the structure of the vestibular cortex. Researchers have identified at least ten brain regions that respond to vestibular stimulation. The vestibular regions identified by caloric, galvanic, and auditory vestibular stimulation are mainly located deep in the lateral sulcus and in the perisylvian cortex around the sylvian fissure....
No actionable change for day-to-day audiology practice; this is a foundational neuroscience review relevant to vestibular researchers and those with academic interest in cortical vestibular processing.
A clearer map of the vestibular cortex and the concept of vestibular agnosia could eventually inform how clinicians interpret unexplained dizziness and balance complaints that lack peripheral findings.
- 01Literature review identifies at least ten cortical brain regions responsive to vestibular stimulation.
- 02Introduces and discusses the concept of vestibular agnosia (inability to consciously perceive balance sensations).
- 03Published in Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii (Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry), 2026.
- 04Primarily a theoretical/anatomical synthesis rather than a clinical outcomes study.
- 05Relevant to vestibular researchers and neurologists more than frontline audiologists.
At least ten brain regions are responsive to vestibular stimulation.
opinionpartially supportedVestibular agnosia is a distinct clinical-neuroscientific concept related to impaired conscious vestibular perception.
opinionunclear- PMID
- 42133412
- DOI
- 10.17116/jnevro202612604135.
- Journal
- Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Literature review; no direct human participants
- Intervention
- Narrative review of vestibular cortex structure and vestibular agnosia
Primary outcomes
Identification of brain regions responsive to vestibular stimulation; Conceptual characterization of vestibular agnosia