Vestibular cortex

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| Name = Vestibular cortex

| Latin = Cortex vestibularis

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| Caption = The insula of the left side, exposed by removing the opercula. (Image is of left side, but there is some evidence that there may be right-sided dominance.)

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Vestibular cortex is the portion of the cerebrum which responds to input from the vestibular system.{{Cite journal|author=Duque-Parra JE |title=Perspective on the vestibular cortex throughout history |journal=Anat Rec B New Anat |volume=280 |issue=1 |pages=15–9 |date=September 2004 |pmid=15382110 |doi=10.1002/ar.b.20031|doi-access=free }}

The location is not well defined, but some research indicates a right hemisphere dominance.{{Cite journal|vauthors=Philbeck JW, Behrmann M, Biega T, Levy L |title=Asymmetrical perception of body rotation after unilateral injury to human vestibular cortex |journal=Neuropsychologia |volume=44 |issue=10 |pages=1878–90 |year=2006 |pmid=16581095 |doi=10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.02.004 |s2cid=58894 }}

Lesions of the vestibular nucleus impair function.{{Cite journal|vauthors=Dieterich M, Bense S, Stephan T, Brandt T, Schwaiger M, Bartenstein P |title=Medial vestibular nucleus lesions in Wallenberg's syndrome cause decreased activity of the contralateral vestibular cortex |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=1039 |pages=368–83 |date=April 2005 |issue=1 |pmid=15826990 |doi=10.1196/annals.1325.035 |bibcode=2005NYASA1039..368D |s2cid=23990811 |url=http://www.annalsnyas.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15826990}}

The "temporo-peri-Sylvian vestibular cortex" (TPSVC) has been proposed as an analog to parietoinsular vestibular cortex found in monkeys.{{Cite journal|vauthors=Kahane P, Hoffmann D, Minotti L, Berthoz A |title=Reappraisal of the human vestibular cortex by cortical electrical stimulation study |journal=Ann. Neurol. |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=615–24 |date=November 2003 |pmid=14595651 |doi=10.1002/ana.10726|s2cid=33077726 }}