Chronic dizziness: neuro-sensitization and psycho-sensitization
Moyan Wang, Qi Han, Xin Teng, Dingyu Liu, Zhen Yang, Huiying Li, Yingxia Yu, Wei Zhao, Ke Xiang, Li Sun · 2026
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Description
Moyan Wang and nine colleagues review why dizziness sometimes stops being a short episode and becomes a chronic condition. After an inner-ear injury, the brain normally restores balance by reweighting senses and rewiring connections. That repair, though, leans harder on vision, which can leave the system oversensitive. The review pairs this neural sensitization with a psychological twin: fear-driven avoidance and catastrophic thinking that amplify every wobble.
Patients with chronic dizziness show lowered thresholds for visual and body-position signals, the signature of raised sensory gain. Worry and avoidance then feed the neural problem by distorting how the brain handles body signals and by stirring emotion centers. Each process keeps the other alive, the authors argue. They propose combined treatment aimed at sensory reweighting, fear-avoidance habits, and psychiatric comorbidity together, to break the loop before it hardens.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Moyan Wang, Qi Han, Xin Teng, Dingyu Liu, Zhen Yang, Huiying Li, Yingxia Yu, Wei Zhao, Ke Xiang, Li Sun |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |