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Madinier A, Quattromani MJ, Sjölund C, Ruscher K, Wieloch T. Enriched housing enhances recovery of limb placement ability and reduces aggrecan-containing perineuronal nets in the rat somatosensory cortex after experimental stroke. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93121. [PMID: 24664200 PMCID: PMC3963994 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Stroke causes life long disabilities where few therapeutic options are available. Using electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain and physical rehabilitation, recovery of brain function can be enhanced even late after stroke. Animal models support this notion, and housing rodents in an enriched environment (EE) several days after experimental stroke stimulates lost brain function by multisensory mechanisms. We studied the dynamics of functional recovery of rats with a lesion to the fore and hind limb motor areas induced by photothrombosis (PT), and with subsequent housing in either standard (STD) or EE. In this model, skilled motor function is not significantly enhanced by enriched housing, while the speed of recovery of sensori-motor function substantially improves over the 9-week study period. In particular, this stroke lesion completely obliterates the fore and hind limb placing ability when visual and whisker guidance is prevented, a deficit that persists for up to 9 weeks of recovery, but that is markedly restored within 2 weeks by enriched housing. Enriched housing after stroke also leads to a significant loss of perineuronal net (PNN) immunoreactivity; detection of aggrecan protein backbone with AB1031 antibody was decreased by 13–22%, and labelling of a glycan moiety of aggrecan with Cat-315 antibody was reduced by 25–30% in the peri-infarct area and in the somatosensory cortex, respectively. The majority of these cells are parvalbumin/GABA inhibitory interneurons that are important in sensori-information processing. We conclude that damage to the fore and hind limb motor areas provides a model of loss of limb placing response without visual guidance, a deficit also seen in more than 50% of stroke patients. This loss is amenable to recovery induced by multiple sensory stimulation and correlates with a decrease in aggrecan-containing PNNs around inhibitory interneurons. Modulating the PNN structure after ischemic damage may provide new therapies enhancing tactile/proprioceptive function after stroke.
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- Alexandre Madinier
- Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Engel AK, Gerloff C, Hilgetag CC, Nolte G. Intrinsic coupling modes: multiscale interactions in ongoing brain activity. Neuron 2014; 80:867-86. [PMID: 24267648 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 307] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Intrinsic coupling constitutes a key feature of ongoing brain activity, which exhibits rich spatiotemporal patterning and contains information that influences cognitive processing. We discuss evidence for two distinct types of intrinsic coupling modes which seem to reflect the operation of different coupling mechanisms. One type arises from phase coupling of band-limited oscillatory signals, whereas the other results from coupled aperiodic fluctuations of signal envelopes. The two coupling modes differ in their dynamics, their origins, and their putative functions and with respect to their alteration in neuropsychiatric disorders. We propose that the concept of intrinsic coupling modes can provide a unifying framework for capturing the dynamics of intrinsically generated neuronal interactions at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
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- Andreas K Engel
- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Soekadar SR, Witkowski M, Cossio EG, Birbaumer N, Robinson SE, Cohen LG. In vivo assessment of human brain oscillations during application of transcranial electric currents. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2032. [PMID: 23787780 PMCID: PMC4892116 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Brain oscillations reflect pattern formation of cell assemblies’ activity, which is often disturbed in neurological and psychiatric diseases like depression, schizophrenia and stroke. In the neurobiological analysis and treatment of these conditions, transcranial electric currents applied to the brain proved beneficial. However, the direct effects of these currents on brain oscillations have remained an enigma because of the inability to record them simultaneously. Here we report a novel strategy that resolves this problem. We describe accurate reconstructed localization of dipolar sources and changes of brain oscillatory activity associated with motor actions in primary cortical brain regions undergoing transcranial electric stimulation. This new method allows for the first time direct measurement of the effects of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation on brain oscillatory activity and behavior.
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- Surjo R Soekadar
- Human Cortical Physiology and Stroke Neurorehabilitation Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Castel-Lacanal E, Tarri M, Loubinoux I, Gasq D, de Boissezon X, Marque P, Simonetta-Moreau M. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in brain injury. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 33:83-7. [PMID: 24378049 DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2013.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Transcranial magnetic stimulations (TMS) have been used for many years as a diagnostic tool to explore changes in cortical excitability, and more recently as a tool for therapeutic neuromodulation. We are interested in their applications following brain injury: stroke, traumatic and anoxic brain injury. DATA SYNTHESIS Following brain injury, there is decreased cortical excitability and changes in interhemispheric interactions depending on the type, the severity, and the time-lapse between the injury and the treatment implemented. rTMS (repetitive TMS) is a therapeutic neuromodulation tool which restores the interhemispheric interactions following stroke by inhibiting the healthy cortex with frequencies ≤1Hz, or by exciting the lesioned cortex with frequencies between 3 and 50Hz. Results in motor recovery are promising and those in improving aphasia or visuospatial neglect are also encouraging. Finally, the use of TMS is mainly limited by the risk of seizure, and is therefore contraindicated for many patients. CONCLUSION TMS is a useful non-invasive brain stimulation tool to diagnose the effects of brain injury, to study the mechanisms of recovery and a non-invasive neuromodulation promising tool to influence the post-lesional recovery.
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- E Castel-Lacanal
- Service de médecine physique et réadaptation, CHU Rangueil, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France; Inserm U 825, CHU Purpan, pavillon Baudot, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France.
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- Inserm U 825, CHU Purpan, pavillon Baudot, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France
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- Inserm U 825, CHU Purpan, pavillon Baudot, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France
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- Service de médecine physique et réadaptation, CHU Rangueil, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France; Inserm U 825, CHU Purpan, pavillon Baudot, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France
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- Service de médecine physique et réadaptation, CHU Rangueil, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France; Inserm U 825, CHU Purpan, pavillon Baudot, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France
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- Service de médecine physique et réadaptation, CHU Rangueil, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France; Inserm U 825, CHU Purpan, pavillon Baudot, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France
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- Inserm U 825, CHU Purpan, pavillon Baudot, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France; Service de neurologie, CHU Purpan, pavillon Riser, place du Dr-Baylac, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France
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Kobeleva X, Petri S. Barriers to novel therapeutics in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurodegener Dis Manag 2013. [DOI: 10.2217/nmt.13.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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SUMMARY Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neurodegenerative condition primarily involving the motor system in the cerebral cortex, brain stem and spinal cord, but can, in later disease stages, also affect distinct extramotor brain regions. In this article, we discuss the prevalent barriers, including clinical and genetic variability of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frailty of the current mouse model and inadequateness of clinical trials, in the search for novel therapeutics. Approaches in terms of understanding the pathogenesis, and the search for biomarkers to initiate early or even presymptomatic treatment and monitor treatment effects are highlighted.
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- Xenia Kobeleva
- Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Fiori V, Cipollari S, Caltagirone C, Marangolo P. "If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?" tDCS over the left frontal region modulates tongue twister repetition in healthy subjects. Neuroscience 2013; 256:195-200. [PMID: 24184977 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Recent studies have demonstrated that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulates cortical activity in the human brain. In the language domain, it has already been shown that during a naming task tDCS reduces vocal reaction times in healthy individuals and speeds up the recovery process in left brain-damaged aphasic subjects. In this study, we wondered whether tDCS would influence the ability to articulate tongue twisters during a repetition task. Three groups of 10 healthy individuals were asked to repeat a list of tongue twisters in three different stimulation conditions: one group performed the task during anodal tDCS (atDCS) (20 min, 2 mA) over the left frontal region; a second group during cathodal tDCS delivered over the same region; and, in a third group, sham stimulation was applied. Accuracy and vocal reaction times in repeating each tongue twister before, during and 1h after the stimulation were recorded. Participants were more accurate and faster at repeating the stimuli during atDCS than at baseline, while cathodal tDCS significantly reduced their performance in terms of accuracy and reaction times. No significant differences were observed among the three time points during the sham condition. We believe that these data clearly confirm that the left frontal region is critically involved in the process of speech repetition. They are also in line with recent evidence suggesting that frontal tDCS might be used as a therapeutic tool in patients suffering from articulatory deficits.
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- IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
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- Università di Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
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- Facoltà di Medicina, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy.
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Rivadulla C, Foffani G, Oliviero A. Magnetic Field Strength and Reproducibility of Neodymium Magnets Useful for Transcranial Static Magnetic Field Stimulation of the Human Cortex. Neuromodulation 2013; 17:438-41; discussion 441-2. [DOI: 10.1111/ner.12125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2013] [Revised: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Casto Rivadulla
- Neuroscience and Motor Control Group (NEUROcom); University of A Coruña and Biomedical Institute of Coruña; A Coruña Spain
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- Neurosignals Group; Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM; Toledo Spain
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- FENNSI Group; Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM; Toledo Spain
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Neurostimulation as an Approach to Dysphagia Rehabilitation: Current Evidence. CURRENT PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION REPORTS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s40141-013-0034-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Clancy JA, Johnson R, Raw R, Deuchars SA, Deuchars J. Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the motor cortex increases sympathetic nerve activity. Brain Stimul 2013; 7:97-104. [PMID: 24080439 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is currently being investigated as a non-invasive neuromodulation therapy for a range of conditions including stroke rehabilitation. tDCS affects not only the area underlying the electrodes but also other areas of the cortex and subcortical structures. This could lead to unintended alteration in brain functions such as autonomic control. OBJECTIVE We investigated the potential effects of tDCS on cardiovascular autonomic function in healthy volunteers. METHODS Anodal (n = 14) or cathodal (n = 8) tDCS at 1 mA was applied over the primary motor cortex with the second electrode placed on the contralateral supraorbital region. Subjects visited the department twice and received active or sham tDCS for 15 min. Heart rate, blood pressure and respiration were recorded at baseline, during tDCS and after stimulation. Heart rate variability (HRV) was calculated using spectral analysis of beat-to-beat intervals derived from ECG data. Microneurography was also used to record muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA; n = 5). RESULTS Anodal tDCS caused a significant shift in HRV toward sympathetic predominance (P = 0.017), whereas there was no significant change in the cathodal or sham groups. Microneurography results also showed a significant increase in MSNA during anodal tDCS that continued post-stimulation. CONCLUSIONS Anodal tDCS of the motor cortex shifts autonomic nervous system balance toward sympathetic dominance due at least in part to an increase in sympathetic output. These results suggest further investigation is warranted on tDCS use in patient groups with potential autonomic dysfunction, such as stroke patients.
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- Jennifer A Clancy
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Garstang Building, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Garstang Building, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Garstang Building, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Hess CW. Modulation of cortical-subcortical networks in Parkinson's disease by applied field effects. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:565. [PMID: 24062667 PMCID: PMC3772338 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Studies suggest that endogenous field effects may play a role in neuronal oscillations and communication. Non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation with low-intensity currents can also have direct effects on the underlying cortex as well as distant network effects. While Parkinson’s disease (PD) is amenable to invasive neuromodulation in the basal ganglia by deep brain stimulation (DBS), techniques of non-invasive neuromodulation like transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) are being investigated as possible therapies. tDCS and tACS have the potential to influence the abnormal cortical-subcortical network activity that occurs in PD through sub-threshold changes in cortical excitability or through entrainment or disruption of ongoing rhythmic cortical activity. This may allow for the targeting of specific features of the disease involving abnormal oscillatory activity, as well as the enhancement of potential cortical compensation for basal ganglia dysfunction and modulation of cortical plasticity in neurorehabilitation. However, little is currently known about how cortical stimulation will affect subcortical structures, the size of any effect, and the factors of stimulation that will influence these effects.
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- Christopher W Hess
- 1Center for Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders, Columbia University Medical Center NY, USA ; 2University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Gainesville FL, USA ; 3Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville FL, USA
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Johannsen L, Li KZH, Chechlacz M, Bibi A, Kourtzi Z, Wing AM. Functional neuroimaging of the interference between working memory and the control of periodic ankle movement timing. Neuropsychologia 2013; 51:2142-53. [PMID: 23876923 PMCID: PMC4410789 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Revised: 07/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background Limited information processing capacity in the brain necessitates task prioritisation and subsequent adaptive behavioural strategies for the dual-task coordination of locomotion with severe concurrent cognitive loading. Commonly observed strategies include prioritisation of gait at the cost of reduced performance in the cognitive task. Alternatively alterations of gait parameters such as gait velocity have been reported presumably to free processing capacity for the benefit of performance in the cognitive task. The aim of this study was to describe the neuroanatomical correlates of adaptive behavioural strategies in cognitive-motor dual-tasking when the competition for information processing capacity is severe and may exceed individuals’ capacity limitations. Methods During an fMRI experiment, 12 young adults performed slow continuous, auditorily paced bilateral anti-phase ankle dorsi-plantarflexion movements as an element of normal gait at .5 Hz in single and dual task modes. The secondary task involved a visual, alphabetic N-back task with presentation rate jittered around .7 Hz. The N-back task, which randomly occurred in 0-back or 2-back form, was modified into a silent counting task to avoid confounding motor responses at the cost of slightly increasing the task′s general coordinative complexity. Participants’ ankle movements were recorded using an optoelectronic motion capture system to derive kinematic parameters representing the stability of the movement timing and synchronization. Participants were instructed to perform both tasks as accurately as possible. Results Increased processing complexity in the dual-task 2-back condition led to significant changes in movement parameters such as the average inter-response interval, the coefficient of variation of absolute asynchrony and the standard deviation of peak angular velocity. A regions-of-interest analysis indicated correlations between these parameters and local activations within the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) such that lower IFG activations coincided with performance decrements. Conclusions Dual-task interference effects show that the production of periodically timed ankle movements, taken as modelling elements of the normal gait cycle, draws on higher-level cognitive resources involved in working memory. The interference effect predominantly concerns the timing accuracy of the ankle movements. Reduced activations within regions of the left IFG, and in some respect also within the superior parietal lobule, were identified as one factor affecting the timing of periodic ankle movements resulting in involuntary ‘hastening’ during severe dual-task working memory load. This ‘hastening’ phenomenon may be an expression of re-automated locomotor control when higher-order cognitive processing capacity can no longer be allocated to the movements due to the demands of the cognitive task. The results of our study also propose the left IFG as a target region to improve performance during dual-task walking by techniques for non-invasive brain stimulation. Neural correlates of involuntary ‘hastening’ of movements during cognitive-motor dual-tasking. Role of left inferior frontal gyrus and left superior parietal lobe in the temporal regulation of dual-task bilateral movements. Dissociation between left-hemisphere parietal involvement in external timing of bilateral movements and right hemisphere parietal involvement in interlimb coordination.
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- Leif Johannsen
- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Schmidt S, Scholz M, Obermayer K, Brandt SA. Patterned Brain Stimulation, What a Framework with Rhythmic and Noisy Components Might Tell Us about Recovery Maximization. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:325. [PMID: 23825456 PMCID: PMC3695464 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Brain stimulation is having remarkable impact on clinical neurology. Brain stimulation can modulate neuronal activity in functionally segregated circumscribed regions of the human brain. Polarity, frequency, and noise specific stimulation can induce specific manipulations on neural activity. In contrast to neocortical stimulation, deep-brain stimulation has become a tool that can dramatically improve the impact clinicians can possibly have on movement disorders. In contrast, neocortical brain stimulation is proving to be remarkably susceptible to intrinsic brain-states. Although evidence is accumulating that brain stimulation can facilitate recovery processes in patients with cerebral stroke, the high variability of results impedes successful clinical implementation. Interestingly, recent data in healthy subjects suggests that brain-state dependent patterned stimulation might help resolve some of the intrinsic variability found in previous studies. In parallel, other studies suggest that noisy “stochastic resonance” (SR)-like processes are a non-negligible component in non-invasive brain stimulation studies. The hypothesis developed in this manuscript is that stimulation patterning with noisy and oscillatory components will help patients recover from stroke related deficits more reliably. To address this hypothesis we focus on two factors common to both neural computation (intrinsic variables) as well as brain stimulation (extrinsic variables): noise and oscillation. We review diverse theoretical and experimental evidence that demonstrates that subject-function specific brain-states are associated with specific oscillatory activity patterns. These states are transient and can be maintained by noisy processes. The resulting control procedures can resemble homeostatic or SR processes. In this context we try to extend awareness for inter-individual differences and the use of individualized stimulation in the recovery maximization of stroke patients.
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- Sein Schmidt
- Neurology, Vision and Motor Systems Research Group, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , Germany
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Müri RM, Cazzoli D, Nef T, Mosimann UP, Hopfner S, Nyffeler T. Non-invasive brain stimulation in neglect rehabilitation: an update. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:248. [PMID: 23772209 PMCID: PMC3677145 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Here, we review the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the rehabilitation of neglect. We found 12 studies including 172 patients (10 TMS studies and 2 tDCS studies) fulfilling our search criteria. Activity of daily living measures such as the Barthel Index or, more specifically for neglect, the Catherine Bergego Scale were the outcome measure in three studies. Five studies were randomized controlled trials with a follow-up time after intervention of up to 6 weeks. One TMS study fulfilled criteria for Class I and one for Class III evidence. The studies are heterogeneous concerning their methodology, outcome measures, and stimulation parameters making firm comparisons and conclusions difficult. Overall, there are however promising results for theta-burst stimulation, suggesting that TMS is a powerful add-on therapy in the rehabilitation of neglect patients.
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- René Martin Müri
- Division of Cognitive and Restorative Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Clinical Research, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland ; Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Research Group, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland
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Motor control and neural plasticity through interhemispheric interactions. Neural Plast 2012; 2012:823285. [PMID: 23326685 PMCID: PMC3541646 DOI: 10.1155/2012/823285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Revised: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The corpus callosum, which is the largest white matter structure in the human brain, connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres. It plays a crucial role in maintaining the independent processing of the hemispheres and in integrating information between both hemispheres. The functional integrity of interhemispheric interactions can be tested electrophysiologically in humans by using transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroencephalography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. As a brain structural imaging, diffusion tensor imaging has revealed the microstructural connectivity underlying interhemispheric interactions. Sex, age, and motor training in addition to the size of the corpus callosum influence interhemispheric interactions. Several neurological disorders change hemispheric asymmetry directly by impairing the corpus callosum. Moreover, stroke lesions and unilateral peripheral impairments such as amputation alter interhemispheric interactions indirectly. Noninvasive brain stimulation changes the interhemispheric interactions between both motor cortices. Recently, these brain stimulation techniques were applied in the clinical rehabilitation of patients with stroke by ameliorating the deteriorated modulation of interhemispheric interactions. Here, we review the interhemispheric interactions and mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of these interactions and propose rehabilitative approaches for appropriate cortical reorganization.
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Zimerman M, Heise KF, Gerloff C, Cohen LG, Hummel FC. Disrupting the Ipsilateral Motor Cortex Interferes with Training of a Complex Motor Task in Older Adults. Cereb Cortex 2012; 24:1030-6. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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