INTERACTION BETWEEN AFFERENT INPUT FROM FINGERS IN HUMAN SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
INTERACTION BETWEEN AFFERENT INPUT FROM FINGERS IN HUMAN SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(95)00424-o
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发表时间:
1995-07-10
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
HARI, R
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作者:
FORSS, N;JOUSMAKI, V;HARI, R
We recorded somatosensory evoked magnetic fields from eight healthy subjects with a 122-channel whole-scalp SQUID magnetometer. The stimulus sequence consisted of 'standard' stimuli (85%) delivered to palmar side of the left thumb with an interstimulus interval of 0.6 s and of 'deviants' (15%), randomly interspersed among the standards, to little finger, and vice versa. Both stimuli activated four source areas: the contralateral primary somatosensory cortex (SI), the contra-and ipsilateral secondary somatosensory cortices (SII), and the contralateral posterior parietal cortex (PPC). The short-latency (20-40 ms) responses originated in the SI cortex, whereas long-latency responses arose from all 4 areas. At SII and PPC, the deviant stimuli elicited larger responses when presented alone, without intervening standards, than among standards. This implies interaction between afferent impulses from the two fingers and/or partly intermingled cortical representations. Our findings show, in agreement with animal data, different excitatory/inhibitory balance in the various somatosensory areas.