Associations between Age-Related Changes in the Core Vestibular Projection Pathway and Balance Ability: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Figure 1

Seed regions of interest (ROIs) for lateral VST, medial VST, and the projection pathway to the PIVC were placed on lateral vestibular nuclei (orange) and medial vestibular nuclei (blue) and on vestibular nuclei (green) in the caudal portion of the pons. Target ROIs for VST and medial VSTs were placed on the reticular formation (orange) and the medial vestibular nuclei (blue) in the medulla, respectively. Two target ROIs on the projection pathway to the PIVC were placed on the thalamus and posterior parietal operculum (green).