Visuo-vestibular and cognitive connections of the vestibular neuromatrix are conserved across age and injury populations.
Jeremy L SmithJed A DiekfussJonathan A DudleyVishwadeep AhluwaliaTaylor M ZulegerAlexis B Slutsky-GaneshWeihong YuanKim D Barber FossRussell K GoreGregory D MyerJason W AllenPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2023)
Our results suggest that connections between central vestibular, visuospatial, and known intrinsic connectivity networks are conserved across adult and pediatric participants with and without concussion, evincing the significance of this expanded, vestibular-associated network. Our findings thus support this network as a workable model for investigation in future studies of dysfunction in young athlete populations.