VOLUNTARY FINGER MOVEMENT IN MAN - CEREBRAL POTENTIALS AND THEORY
VOLUNTARY FINGER MOVEMENT IN MAN - CEREBRAL POTENTIALS AND THEORY
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00336013
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
KORNHUBER, HH
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作者:
DEECKE, L;GROZINGER, B;KORNHUBER, HH
Three different brain potentials preceding voluntary rapid finger flexion were recorded from the skull surface by time reversed averaging. The early cortical activity preceding unilateral movement was bilateral and widespread (Bereitschaftspotential, BP). The same was true for the 2nd potential (pre-motion positivity, PMP). Only the 3rd potential (motor potential, MP) was unilateral and restricted to the contralateral motor cortex. In a total of 87 experiments with 39 subjects the BP started, on the average, 750 ms (SD 360, SE 38.5) prior to rapid finger flexion. Its largest amplitude was found mid-parietally and averaged -5.3 .mu.V (SD 2.32, SE 0.4). Such amplitudes were found with averages of 800 and more movements per experiment. At the beginning of an experiment the BP was larger. The PMP is the next potential occurring 90-80 ms (.hivin.x = 87, SD 34.2, SE 2.95) prior to the 1st action potential in the contracting muscle (EMG). It was found in 85% of the subjects. The PMP has at its maximum, mid-parietally, a mean amplitude of + 1.7 .mu.V (SD 1.6, SE 0.28). The short and the relatively constant onset time suggests that the PMP might reflect cortical activity (motor command) related to initiation of the tactually guided rapid finger movement under study. The MP starting 60-50 ms (.hivin.x = 54, SD 19.4, SE 3.1) prior to 1st activity in the agonist EMG is the last potential to occur and is the only unilateral potential: its localization is limited to the hand area of the motor cortex contralateral to the moving finger. In bipolar recordings, contralateral vs. ipsilateral precentral or contralateral precentral vs. vertex, it appears as a sharp additional negativity. This additional negativity averaged -1.3 .mu.V (SD 0.64 SE 0.08). The MP reflects the motor cortical activity immediately preceding the movement. After movement onset a complex potential was recorded that was also seen with passive finger movement, largely representing a somatosensory (proprioceptive) evoked response. The possible meaning of the movement-related potentials is discussed in relation to a theory of central motor function.