[en] Susceptibility to motion sickness varies greatly across individuals. However, the neural mechanisms underlying this susceptibility remain largely unclear. To address this gap, the current study aimed to identify the neural correlates of motion sickness susceptibility using multimodal MRI. First, we compared resting-state functional connectivity between healthy individuals who were highly susceptible to motion sickness (N = 36) and age/sex-matched controls who showed low susceptibility (N = 36). Seed-based analysis revealed between-group differences in functional connectivity of core vestibular regions in the left posterior Sylvian fissure. A data-driven approach using intrinsic connectivity contrast found greater network centrality of the left intraparietal sulcus in high- rather than in low-susceptible individuals. Moreover, exploratory structural connectivity analysis uncovered an association between motion sickness susceptibility and white matter integrity in the left inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus. Taken together, our data indicate left parietal involvement in motion sickness susceptibility.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Sakai, Hiroyuki
Harada, Takumi
Larroque, Stephen ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA Consciousness - Coma Science Group
Demertzi, Athina ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA Consciousness - Physiology of Cognition
Sugawara, Tomoko
Ito, Taeko
Wada, Yoshiro
Fukunaga, Masaki
Sadato, Norihiro
Laureys, Steven ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA Consciousness - Coma Science Group
Language :
English
Title :
Left parietal involvement in motion sickness susceptibility revealed by multimodal magnetic resonance imaging.
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Human Brain Mapping
ISSN :
1065-9471
eISSN :
1097-0193
Publisher :
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, United States - New York
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