scholarly journals Sensorimotor integration within the primary motor cortex by selective nerve fascicle stimulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Ranieri ◽  
Giovanni Pellegrino ◽  
Anna Lisa Ciancio ◽  
Gabriella Musumeci ◽  
Emiliano Noce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Sensorimotor Integration ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Nerve Fascicle

scholarly journals Role of cutaneous and proprioceptive inputs in sensorimotor integration and plasticity occurring in the facial primary motor cortex

2020 ◽  
Vol 598 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Pilurzi ◽  
Francesca Ginatempo ◽  
Beniamina Mercante ◽  
Luigi Cattaneo ◽  
Giovanni Pavesi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Sensorimotor Integration ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Proprioceptive Inputs

Primary motor cortex stimulation affects visual guidance and attention systems

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Taylor ◽  
Mickie Vanhoy ◽  
Jingjing Wang ◽  
Shanshan Haung
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Motor Cortex Stimulation ◽  
Visual Guidance ◽  
Attention Systems

Location of Primary Motor Cortex Function in Cerebral Migration Disorder

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 769
Author(s):  
Ho Kyu Lee ◽  
Jin Suh Kim ◽  
Youn Mee Hwang ◽  
Myung Joon Lee ◽  
Soo Mee Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Migration Disorder

scholarly journals Reduced Interhemispheric Coherence in Cerebellar Kainic Acid-Induced Lateralized Dystonia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Laura Georgescu Margarint ◽  
Ioana Antoaneta Georgescu ◽  
Carmen Denise Mihaela Zahiu ◽  
Stefan-Alexandru Tirlea ◽  
Alexandru Rǎzvan Şteopoaie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Kainic Acid ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Muscular Activity ◽  
Cerebellar Hemisphere ◽  
Interhemispheric Coherence ◽  
General Locomotor Activity ◽  
Complex Circuits ◽  
The Right

The execution of voluntary muscular activity is controlled by the primary motor cortex, together with the cerebellum and basal ganglia. The synchronization of neural activity in the intracortical network is crucial for the regulation of movements. In certain motor diseases, such as dystonia, this synchrony can be altered in any node of the cerebello-cortical network. Questions remain about how the cerebellum influences the motor cortex and interhemispheric communication. This research aims to study the interhemispheric cortical communication between the motor cortices during dystonia, a neurological movement syndrome consisting of sustained or repetitive involuntary muscle contractions. We pharmacologically induced lateralized dystonia to adult male albino mice by administering low doses of kainic acid on the left cerebellar hemisphere. Using electrocorticography and electromyography, we investigated the power spectral densities, cortico-muscular, and interhemispheric coherence between the right and left motor cortices, before and during dystonia, for five consecutive days. Mice displayed lateralized abnormal motor signs, a reduced general locomotor activity, and a high score of dystonia. The results showed a progressive interhemispheric coherence decrease in low-frequency bands (delta, theta, beta) during the first 3 days. The cortico-muscular coherence of the affected side had a significant increase in gamma bands on days 3 and 4. In conclusion, lateralized cerebellar dysfunction during dystonia was associated with a loss of connectivity in the motor cortices, suggesting a possible cortical compensation to the initial disturbances induced by cerebellar left hemisphere kainate activation by blocking the propagation of abnormal oscillations to the healthy hemisphere. However, the cerebellum is part of several overly complex circuits, therefore other mechanisms can still be involved in this phenomenon.

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