Human standing is modified by an unconscious integration of congruent sensory and motor signals

• Published in: The Journal of physiology Vol. 590; no. 22; pp. 5783 - 5794
• Main Authors: Luu, Billy L., Inglis, J. Timothy, Huryn, Thomas P., Van der Loos, H. F. Machiel, Croft, Elizabeth A., Blouin, Jean‐Sébastien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2012; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Blackwell Science Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Afferent Pathways - physiology; Feedback, Sensory; Female; Humans; Male; Muscle, Skeletal - innervation; Neuroscience: Behavioural/Systems/Cognitive; Posture; Proprioception - physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Rotation; Sense of Coherence; Torque; Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials; Vestibule, Labyrinth - innervation; Walking

Key points •  Electrical vestibular stimulation delivered at the mastoid processes evokes a reflex response in the appendicular muscles only when they are actively involved in keeping the unsupported head and body balanced. •  We show that the vestibular‐evoked muscle response was present during a t...