Real-time changes in corticospinal excitability related to motor imagery of a force control task
Real-time changes in corticospinal excitability related to motor imagery of a force control task
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与力控制任务的运动想象相关的皮质脊髓兴奋性的实时变化
DOI:
10.1016/j.bbr.2017.08.020
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Sugawara Kenichi
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作者:
Tatemoto Tsuyoshi;Tsuchiya Junko;Numata Atsuki;Osawa Ryuji;Yamaguchi Tomofumi;Tanabe Shigeo;Kondo Kunitsugu;Otaka Yohei;Sugawara Kenichi
ObjectiveTo investigate real-time excitability changes in corticospinal pathways related to motor imagery in a changing force control task, using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).MethodsTen healthy volunteers learnt to control the contractile force of isometric right wrist dorsiflexion in order to track an on-screen sine wave form. Participants performed the trained task 40 times with actual muscle contraction in order to construct the motor image. They were then instructed to execute the task without actual muscle contraction, but by imagining contraction of the right wrist in dorsiflexion. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs), induced by TMS in the right extensor carpi radialis muscle (ECR) and flexor carpi radialis muscle (FCR), were measured during motor imagery. MEPs were induced at five time points: prior to imagery, during the gradual generation of the imaged wrist dorsiflexion (Increasing phase), the peak value of the sine wave, during the gradual reduction (Decreasing phase), and after completion of the task. The MEP ratio, as the ratio of imaged MEPs to resting-state, was compared between pre- and post-training at each time point.ResultsIn the ECR muscle, the MEP ratio significantly increased during the Increasing phase and at the peak force of dorsiflexion imagery after training. Moreover, the MEP ratio was significantly greater in the Increasing phase than in the Decreasing phase. In the FCR, there were no significant consistent changes.ConclusionCorticospinal excitability during motor imagery in an isometric contraction task was modulated in relation to the phase of force control after image construction.