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Hebisz P, Cortis C, Hebisz R. Acute Effects of Sprint Interval Training and Chronic Effects of Polarized Training (Sprint Interval Training, High Intensity Interval Training, and Endurance Training) on Choice Reaction Time in Mountain Bike Cyclists. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14954. [PMID: 36429672 PMCID: PMC9690254 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192214954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This study evaluated the acute effects of sprint interval training and chronic effects of polarized training on choice reaction time in cyclists. Twenty-six mountain bike cyclists participated in the study and were divided into experimental (E) and control (C) groups. The cyclists trained for 9-weeks and performed five training sessions each week. Types of training sessions: (1) sprint interval training (SIT) which consisted of 8-16, 30 s repetitions at maximal intensity, (2) high-intensity interval training (HIIT) included 5 to 7, 5-min efforts at an intensity of 85-95% maximal aerobic power (Pmax), and (3) endurance training (ET) performed at an intensity of 55-60% Pmax, lasting 120--180 min. In each week the cyclists performed: in group E a polarized training program, which included 2 × SIT, 1 × HIIT and 2 × ET, while in group C 2 × HIIT and 3 × ET. Before (acute effects) and after the 9-week training period (chronic effects) participants performed laboratory sprint interval testing protocol (SITP), which consisted of 12 maximal repetitions lasting 30 s. During SITP maximal and mean anaerobic power, as well as lactate ion concentration and blood pH were measured. Choice reaction time (RT) was measured 4-times: before and immediately after the SITP test-before and after the 9-week training period. Evaluated the average choice RT, minimal choice RT (shortest reaction), maximal choice RT (longest reaction), and the number of incorrect reactions. Before the training period as acute effects of SITP, it was observed: a shorter average choice RT (F = 13.61; p = 0.001; η2 = 0.362) and maximal choice RT (F = 4.71; p = 0.040; η2 = 0.164), and a decrease the number of incorrect reactions (F = 53.72; p = 0.000; η2 = 0.691), for E and C groups. After the 9-week training period, chronic effects showed that choice RT did not change in any of the cyclists' groups. Only in the E group after the polarized training period, the number of incorrect reactions decreased (F = 49.03; p = 0.000; η2 = 0.671), average anaerobic power increased (F = 8.70; p = 0.007; η2 = 0.274) and blood pH decreased (F = 27.20; p = 0.000; η2 = 0.531), compared to the value before the training period. In conclusion, a shorter choice RT and a decrease in the number of incorrect reactions as acute effects of SITP, and a decrease in the number of incorrect reactions and higher average power as chronic effects of the polarized training program are beneficial for mountain bike cyclists.
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- Paulina Hebisz
- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale, 03043 Cassino, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
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Aberrant cerebral intrinsic activity and cerebro-cerebellar functional connectivity in right temporal lobe epilepsy: a resting-state functional MRI study. Neuroreport 2021; 32:1009-1016. [PMID: 34075003 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Numerous neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that functional brain aberrations are associated with cognitive impairments in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Here, we aimed to investigate the neural substrates of attention deficits by combining assessment of regional intrinsic brain activities with large-scale functional connectivity in patients with right TLE (rTLE). METHODS Thirty-five patients with rTLE and 33 matched healthy controls were recruited. All participants completed the Attention Network Test (ANT) and resting-sate functional MRI (rs-fMRI) scans. The z-standardized fractional amplitude of the low-frequency fluctuation (zfALFF) approach was applied to evaluate the brain's intrinsic activity. The cerebral regions with significant zfALFF values were selected as seeds for subsequent functional connectivity analyses. A correlation analysis was performed between functional activity and clinical variables. RESULTS Compared with the healthy control group, the patients showed decreased zfALFF in the right inferior temporal gyrus and bilateral superior parietal gyrus, and the right inferior temporal gyrus exhibited increased functional connectivity with the bilateral cerebellum-6/vermis-6 and decreased functional connectivity with right superior frontal gyrus. The ANT indicated that the rTLE group exhibited attention deficits. Furthermore, a positive correlation was found between the zfALFF value of the left superior parietal gyrus and alerting performance, while a negative correlation between the zfALFF value of the right superior parietal gyrus and disease duration. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated aberrant intrinsic cerebral activity and functional connectivity in the whole brain network, which may act as responsible and compensatory factors in attention deficits, especially further profoundly illuminated the compensatory role of cerebellum in patients with rTLE.
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Mottolese C, Richard N, Harquel S, Szathmari A, Sirigu A, Desmurget M. Mapping motor representations in the human cerebellum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 136:330-42. [PMID: 22945964 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The cerebellum is a major motor structure. However, in humans, its efferent topographical organization remains controversial and indirectly inferred from neuroimaging and animal studies. Even central questions such as 'Can we evoke limb movements by stimulating the cerebellar cortex?' have no clear answer. To address this issue, we electrically stimulated the posterior cerebellum of 20 human patients undergoing surgery for tumours located outside this structure (e.g. pineal gland, quadrigeminal plate). Stimulation, delivered at a 60-Hz frequency for 2 s, evoked focal (single-joint) ipsilateral movements. Different regions were associated with the production of head (vermal lobule VI), face/mouth (hemispheric lobule VI) and lower-limb (hemispheric lobules VIIb-IX) responses. Upper-limb representations were more widely distributed. They intermingled with face/mouth representations in the superior posterior cerebellum (hemispheric lobule VI) and lower-limb representations in the inferior posterior cerebellum (hemispheric lobules VIIb-IX). No intra- or inter-limb somatotopy was found in these areas. Functionally, upper-limb (face/mouth movements) and upper limb-lower limb postural coordinations are major elements of our motor repertoire. Representation of these pairs of segments in common regions might favour the production of integrated motor behaviours. The intermediate region of the posterior cerebellum (hemispheric lobule VII and vermal lobules VII-VIII) was mostly silent. Latency results in conjunction with previous electrophysiological evidence in animals suggest that electrically evoked motor responses were not mediated by a cortical route but rather by brainstem structures. The potential role of this descending efferent pathway for fine motor control is discussed.
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- Carmine Mottolese
- Paediatric Neurosurgery E, Neurological Hospital P. Wertheimer, Lyon, France
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Sadnicka A, Hoffland BS, Bhatia KP, van de Warrenburg BP, Edwards MJ. The cerebellum in dystonia - help or hindrance? Clin Neurophysiol 2011; 123:65-70. [PMID: 22078259 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Dystonia has historically been considered a disorder of the basal ganglia. This review aims to critically examine the evidence for a role of the cerebellum in the pathophysiology of dystonia. We compare and attempt to link the information available from both clinical and experimental studies; work detailing cerebellar connectivity in primates; data that suggests a role for the cerebellum in the genesis of dystonia in murine models; clinical observation in humans with structural lesions and heredodegenerative disorders of the cerebellum; and imaging studies of patients with dystonia. The typical electrophysiological findings in dystonia are the converse to those found in cerebellar lesions. However, certain subtypes of dystonia mirror cerebellar patterns of increased cortical inhibition. Furthermore, altered cerebellar function can be demonstrated in adult onset focal dystonia with impaired cerebellar inhibition of motor cortex and abnormal eyeblink classical conditioning. We propose that abnormal, likely compensatory activity of the cerebellum is an important factor within pathophysiological models of dystonia. Work in this exciting area has only just begun but it is likely that the cerebellum will have a key place within future models of dystonia.
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- A Sadnicka
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute for Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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Kwon MS, Vorobyev V, Kännälä S, Laine M, Rinne JO, Toivonen T, Johansson J, Teräs M, Joutsa J, Tuominen L, Lindholm H, Alanko T, Hämäläinen H. No effects of short-term GSM mobile phone radiation on cerebral blood flow measured using positron emission tomography. Bioelectromagnetics 2011; 33:247-56. [PMID: 21932437 DOI: 10.1002/bem.20702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The present study investigated the effects of 902.4 MHz global system for mobile communications (GSM) mobile phone radiation on cerebral blood flow using positron emission tomography (PET) with the (15) O-water tracer. Fifteen young, healthy, right-handed male subjects were exposed to phone radiation from three different locations (left ear, right ear, forehead) and to sham exposure to test for possible exposure effects on brain regions close to the exposure source. Whole-brain [¹⁵O]H₂O-PET images were acquired 12 times, 3 for each condition, in a counterbalanced order. Subjects were exposed for 5 min in each scan while performing a simple visual vigilance task. Temperature was also measured in the head region (forehead, eyes, cheeks, ear canals) during exposure. The exposure induced a slight temperature rise in the ear canals but did not affect brain hemodynamics and task performance. The results provided no evidence for acute effects of short-term mobile phone radiation on cerebral blood flow.
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- Myoung Soo Kwon
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Turku, Finland.
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Kassavetis P, Hoffland BS, Saifee TA, Bhatia KP, van de Warrenburg BP, Rothwell JC, Edwards MJ. Cerebellar brain inhibition is decreased in active and surround muscles at the onset of voluntary movement. Exp Brain Res 2011; 209:437-42. [PMID: 21305376 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2575-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Highly selective activation of the desired muscles for each movement and inhibition of adjacent muscles is attributed to surround inhibition (SI) which differentially modulates corticospinal excitability in active and surrounding muscles. Cerebellar brain inhibition (CBI) is another inhibitory neuronal network which is known to be active at rest and during tonic muscle contraction. The way in which CBI may be modulated at movement onset and its relationship with SI has not previously been investigated. We assessed motor evoked potential (MEP) size and CBI in first dorsal interosseus (FDI) and abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles at rest and during a simple motor task where FDI was an active muscle and ADM was not involved in the movement (surround muscle). At onset of movement, MEP size in ADM was significantly suppressed, confirming the existence of SI. In contrast, CBI in both muscles was found to be significantly decreased at the onset of the movement. This was confirmed even after adjustments for changes in MEP size occurring due to onset of muscle activity in FDI and the effects of SI in ADM. Our findings fail to functionally link SI with CBI, but they do indicate a non-topographically specific modulation of CBI in association with initiation of voluntary movement.
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- Panagiotis Kassavetis
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, UCL, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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Is central fatigue in multiple sclerosis a disorder of movement preparation? J Neurol 2010; 258:263-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5742-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Accepted: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Inhibitory mechanisms are critically involved in goal-directed behaviors. To gain further insight into how such mechanisms shape motor representations during response preparation, motor evoked potentials (MEPs) elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and H-reflexes were recorded from left hand muscles during choice reaction time tasks. The imperative signal, which indicated the required response, was always preceded by a preparatory cue. During the postcue delay period, left MEPs were suppressed when the left hand had been cued for the forthcoming response, suggestive of a form of inhibition specifically directed at selected response representations. H-reflexes were also suppressed on these trials, indicating that the effects of this inhibition extend to spinal circuits. In addition, left MEPs were suppressed when the right hand was cued, but only when left hand movements were a possible response option before the onset of the cue. Notably, left hand H-reflexes were not modulated on these trials, consistent with a cortical locus of inhibition that lowers the activation of task-relevant, but nonselected responses. These results suggest the concurrent operation of two inhibitory mechanisms during response preparation: one decreases the activation of selected responses at the spinal level, helping to control when selected movements should be initiated by preventing their premature release; a second, upstream mechanism helps to determine what response to make during a competitive selection process.
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Lo YL, Fook-Chong S, Chan LL, Ong WY. Cerebellar Control of Motor Activation and Cancellation in Humans: An Electrophysiological Study. THE CEREBELLUM 2009; 8:302-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s12311-009-0095-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Behavior arises from a constant competition between potential actions. For example, movements performed unimanually require selecting one hand rather than the other. Corticospinal (CS) excitability of the nonselected hand is typically decreased prior to movement initiation, suggesting that response selection may involve mechanisms that inhibit nonselected candidate movements. To examine this hypothesis, participants performed a reaction time task, responding with the left, right, or both indexes. Transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied over the right primary motor cortex (M1) to induce motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) in a left hand muscle at various stages during response preparation. To vary the time of response selection, an imperative signal was preceded by a preparatory cue that was either informative or uninformative. Left MEPs decreased following the cue. Surprisingly, this decrease was greater when an informative cue indicated that the response might require the left hand than when it indicated a right hand response. In the uninformative condition, we did not observe additional attenuation of left MEP after an imperative indicating a right hand response. These results argue against the "deselection" hypothesis. Rather, CS suppression seems to arise from "impulse control" mechanisms that ensure that responses associated with potentially selected actions are not initiated prematurely.
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- Julie Duque
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Ecker C, Brammer MJ, Williams SC. Combining path analysis with time-resolved functional magnetic resonance imaging: the neurocognitive network underlying mental rotation. J Cogn Neurosci 2008; 20:1003-20. [PMID: 18211236 DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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There is strong evidence to suggest that the complex cognitive process underlying mental rotation does not have a discrete neural correlate, but is represented as a distributed neural system. Although the neuroanatomical nodes of this so-called rotation network are well established, there is as yet little empirical evidence to indicate how these nodes interact during task performance. Using an optimized, event-related paradigm, this study aimed to test a previously proposed hypothetical neurocognitive network for mental rotation in female subjects with path analysis, and to examine changes in effective connections across different levels of task difficulty. Path analysis was carried out in combination with a time-resolved functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis in order to relate the observed changes on the network level to changes in specific temporal characteristics of the hemodynamic response function on the level of individual neuroanatomical nodes. Overall, it was found that the investigated sequential model did not provide an adequate fit to the data and that a model with parallel information processing was superior to the serial model. This finding challenges traditional cognitive models describing the complex cognitive process underlying mental rotation by a set of sequentially organized, functionally distinct processing stages. It was further demonstrated that the observed in interregional effective connectivity changes with the level of task demand. These changes were directly related to the time course of the experimental paradigm. The results of path analysis in fMRI should therefore only be interpreted in the light of a specific experimental design and should not be considered as general indicators of effective connections.
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- Christine Ecker
- Brain Image Analysis Unit, Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
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Böhr S, Güllmar D, Knab R, Reichenbach JR, Witte OW, Haueisen J. Fractional anisotropy correlates with auditory simple reaction time performance. Brain Res 2007; 1186:194-202. [PMID: 17996226 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2007] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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During the last two decades, modern imaging studies focused intensively on the broad field of reaction time paradigms and significantly enhanced the understanding of behavioral performance. However, interindividual variations of simple reaction time (SRT) have been barely investigated. In this study, we intended to identify neural correlates of interindividual variation in auditory SRT (aSRT) employing the Poffenberger paradigm with auditory stimuli, in order to investigate neural processing speed performance. We conducted a whole-head voxel based morphometry analysis of fractional anisotropy (FA) in 19 healthy, right handed subjects. Simple regression analysis between FA and interindividual aSRT measures was performed for each voxel. Significant positive correlation (R(2): 0.44/0.78 min/max) for FA vs. individual mean aSRT was found in the right central cerebellum dorso-cranial of the dentate nucleus. A significant correlation (R(2): 0.453/0.633 min/max) was also detected between FA and the hand performance index, which characterizes the intraindividual RT difference between left and right hand, within the precentral portion of the pyramidal tract in the left hemisphere. Fast right handed response correlated with high local FA values located within neural structures participating in right hand control. Against the background of only right handed participants in our study, the hypothesis of local myelination as one basic condition influencing reaction time performance is strongly supported. The presented results identify brain areas involved in the processing speed of the aSRT tasks. We propose that the presented findings are due to an influence of participants' right hand preference on both FA and aSRT measures.
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- Stefan Böhr
- Biomagnetic Center, Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, Jena, Germany
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Wu T, Zang Y, Wang L, Long X, Hallett M, Chen Y, Li K, Chan P. Aging influence on functional connectivity of the motor network in the resting state. Neurosci Lett 2007; 422:164-8. [PMID: 17611031 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Revised: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 06/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We used functional MRI (fMRI) to study the aging influence on functional connectivity of the motor network in the resting state. A network model based on graph theory was used to measure functional connectivity. The total connectivity degree of each region within the motor network was calculated and compared between aged and young groups. We found that the pattern of functional connectivity was changed in aged subjects, including a significant decrease in the functional connectivity degree of the right cingulate motor area and left premotor area compared to young subjects. Our study demonstrates that normal aging modulates the functional connectivity of motor network in the resting state. We postulate that this abnormal functional connectivity of motor network in the baseline state is an important reason contributing to the deteriorated motor ability in aged subjects.
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- Tao Wu
- Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Lesions to the cerebellum often give rise to ataxic dysarthria which is characterized by a primary disruption to articulation and prosody. Converging evidence supports the likelihood of speech motor programming abnormalities in addition to speech execution deficits. The understanding of ataxic dysarthria has been further refined by the development of neural network models and neuroimaging studies. A critical role of feedforward processing by the cerebellum has been established and linked to speech motor control and to aspects of ataxic dysarthria. Moreover, this research has helped to define models of the cerebellar contributions to speech processing and production, and to posit possible regions of speech localization within the cerebellum. Bilateral, superior areas of the cerebellum appear to mediate speech motor control while a putative role of the right cerebellar hemispheres in the planning and processing of speech has been suggested.
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- Kristie A Spencer
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 NE 42nd Street, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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Mayka MA, Corcos DM, Leurgans SE, Vaillancourt DE. Three-dimensional locations and boundaries of motor and premotor cortices as defined by functional brain imaging: a meta-analysis. Neuroimage 2006; 31:1453-74. [PMID: 16571375 PMCID: PMC2034289 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 516] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2005] [Revised: 01/31/2006] [Accepted: 02/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The mesial premotor cortex (pre-supplementary motor area and supplementary motor area proper), lateral premotor cortex (dorsal premotor cortex and ventral premotor cortex), and primary sensorimotor cortex (primary motor cortex and primary somatosensory cortex) have been identified as key cortical areas for sensorimotor function. However, the three-dimensional (3-D) anatomic boundaries between these regions remain unclear. In order to clarify the locations and boundaries for these six sensorimotor regions, we surveyed 126 articles describing pre-supplementary motor area, supplementary motor area proper, dorsal premotor cortex, ventral premotor cortex, primary motor cortex, and primary somatosensory cortex. Using strict inclusion criteria, we recorded the reported normalized stereotaxic coordinates (Talairach and Tournoux or MNI) from each experiment. We then computed the probability distributions describing the likelihood of activation, and characterized the shape, extent, and area of each sensorimotor region in 3-D. Additionally, we evaluated the nature of the overlap between the six sensorimotor regions. Using the findings from this meta-analysis, along with suggestions and guidelines of previous researchers, we developed the Human Motor Area Template (HMAT) that can be used for ROI analysis. HMAT is available through e-mail from the corresponding author.
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- Mary A Mayka
- Department of Movement Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Lehéricy S, Gerardin E, Delmaire C. Neuro-imagerie des circuits cortico-sous corticaux. Encephale 2006; 32:S25-30. [PMID: 16913018 DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7006(06)78686-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- S Lehéricy
- Service de Neuroradiologie, INSERM U610, IFR49, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, UPMC, Paris
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Nagel BJ, Barlett VC, Schweinsburg AD, Tapert SF. Neuropsychological predictors of BOLD response during a spatial working memory task in adolescents: what can performance tell us about fMRI response patterns? J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2005; 27:823-39. [PMID: 16183616 PMCID: PMC2276404 DOI: 10.1080/13803390490919038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The relationship between standardized neuropsychological test performance and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) response during cognitive tasks is largely unknown. This exploratory investigation examined the relationship between neuropsychological test performance and fMRI response to a spatial working memory (SWM) task among 49 typically developing adolescents. Participants were administered a variety of neuropsychological tests in the domains of working memory, visuospatial skills, executive functioning, attention, learning and memory, visuomotor skills and processing speed, and language functioning. Neuropsychological domain scores were used to predict fMRI response during a SWM task. Results suggest that in many brain regions, neuropsychological performance negatively predicts fMRI response, suggesting that those teens with better neuropsychological abilities required fewer neural resources to adequately perform the task. This study provides further understanding of how neuropsychological abilities relate to neural activity during fMRI tasks, and provides an important link between neuropsychological and fMRI research.
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- Bonnie J Nagel
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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Riecker A, Kassubek J, Gröschel K, Grodd W, Ackermann H. The cerebral control of speech tempo: opposite relationship between speaking rate and BOLD signal changes at striatal and cerebellar structures. Neuroimage 2005; 29:46-53. [PMID: 16085428 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2004] [Revised: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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So far, only sparse data on the cerebral organization of speech motor control are available. In order to further delineate the neural basis of articulatory functions, fMRI measurements were performed during self-paced syllable repetitions at six different frequencies (2-6 Hz). Bilateral hemodynamic main effects, calculated across all syllable rates considered, emerged within sensorimotor cortex, putamen, thalamus and cerebellum. At the level of the caudatum and the anterior insula, activation was found restricted to the left side. The computation of rate-to-response functions of the BOLD signal revealed a negative linear relationship between syllable frequency and response magnitude within the striatum whereas cortical areas and cerebellar hemispheres exhibited an opposite activation pattern. Dysarthric patients with basal ganglia disorders show unimpaired or even accelerated speaking rate whereas, in contrast, cerebellar dysfunctions give rise to slowed speech tempo which does not fall below a rate of about 3 Hz. The observed rate-to-response profiles of the BOLD signal thus might help to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms of dysarthric deficits in central motor disorders.
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- Axel Riecker
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, D-89075 Ulm, Germany.
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van Eimeren T, Wolbers T, Münchau A, Büchel C, Weiller C, Siebner HR. Implementation of visuospatial cues in response selection. Neuroimage 2005; 29:286-94. [PMID: 16087350 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2005] [Revised: 07/03/2005] [Accepted: 07/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine neuronal activity reflecting the dynamic interplay of external and internal guidance of action. Participants performed a choice reaction time task based on spatial visual cues with their right and left middle and index finger. In a given trial, the cue either fully determined the motor response (no-selection) or indicated the number and location of alternative responses (selection). Compared with fully determined responses, the selection among (two to four) alternative responses activated a widespread bilateral parieto-premotor-prefrontal cortical network along with the cerebellum. Within this network, task-related activity patterns allowed to delineate two sets of brain areas. In the anterior part of rostral dorsal premotor cortex (PMd), the rostral cingulate and supplementary motor area and the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the increase in activity was independent of spatially defined restrictions. In contrast, there was an additional increase in activity in the posterior part of rostral PMd, superior parietal lobule and parieto-occipital sulcus bilaterally as well as in the right anterior intraparietal sulcus, when the visuospatial cue imposed specific constraints on response selection. We propose that the latter set of dorsal parieto-frontal areas subserves rapid implementation of spatial information during visually guided response selection.
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- Thilo van Eimeren
- NeuroImage Nord, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany.
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Simó LS, Krisky CM, Sweeney JA. Functional Neuroanatomy of Anticipatory Behavior: Dissociation between Sensory-driven and Memory-driven Systems. Cereb Cortex 2005; 15:1982-91. [PMID: 15758195 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The ability to anticipate predictable stimuli allows faster responses. The predictive saccade (PRED) task has been shown to quickly induce such anticipatory behavior in humans. In a PRED task subjects track a visual target jumping back and forth between fixed positions at a fixed time interval. During this task, saccade latencies drop from approximately 200 ms to <80 ms as subjects anticipate target appearance. This change in saccade latency indicates that subjects' behavior shifts from being sensory driven to being memory driven. We conducted functional magnetic resonance imaging studies with 10 healthy adults performing the PRED task using a standard block design. We compared the PRED task with a visually guided saccade (VGS) task using unpredictable targets matched for number, direction and amplitude of required saccades. Our results show greater activation during the PRED task in the prefrontal, pre-supplementary motor and anterior cingulate cortices, hippocampus, mediodorsal thalamus, striatum and cerebellum. The VGS task elicited greater activation in the cortical eye fields and occipital cortex. These results demonstrate the important dissociation between sensory and predictive neural control of similar saccadic eye movements. Anticipatory behavior induced by the PRED task required less sensory-related processing activity and was subserved by a distributed cortico-subcortical memory system including prefronto-striatal circuitry.
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- Lucia S Simó
- Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Obayashi S, Suhara T, Nagai Y, Okauchi T, Maeda J, Iriki A. Monkey brain areas underlying remote-controlled operation. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 19:1397-407. [PMID: 15016097 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03200.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We can control distant tools effectively by manipulating other objects as controllers in various remote-operated ways, even when the two mechanics are altered. To master the remote operation, we may rely on internal representation to organize individual moves of the controller and tool into a set of sequences by mapping the motor space among hand, controller and tool as a continuum. The present study confirmed that monkeys could also organize a sequence by mapping such a motor space or reorganize by remapping even after alteration. In addition, to investigate the neural substrates underlying such mapping/remapping, we measured the regional cerebral blood flow of two monkeys during joystick-controlled operation with alterable function of mechanics using positron emission tomography with. The monkeys were scanned during three different tasks produced by altering the directional gains of the x or y axis of the joystick - the two mechanics are congruent (standard task) and not congruent (reversed in the X or Y axis, X reverse or Y reverse task, respectively). Compared with random movement of the joystick as the control task, increased activities were detected in the prefrontal cortex, higher-ordered motor cortex, posterior parietal cortex and cerebellum during the standard task. Common brain areas during performance of the X reverse and Y reverse task were identified as showing almost the same pattern as during the standard task. These shared areas may not simply be associated with organization of individual motor imagery, but also with context-dependent processing of reorganization based on current functions by means of internal representation.
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- Shigeru Obayashi
- Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
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Obayashi S. Possible mechanism for transfer of motor skill learning: implication of the cerebellum. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2004; 3:204-11. [PMID: 15686098 DOI: 10.1080/14734220410018977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Transfer of learning takes place whenever our previous knowledge and skills affect the way in which new knowledge and skills are learned. The magnitude of transfer may depend on how prior memory is retrieved so that it may be relevant and usable in the present in terms of internal representation. This review highlights the power of neuroimaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) to identify the underlying neuronal system of intermanual transfer by showing the asymmetry in the system for the same motor skill between hands. The review focuses on cerebellar cross-activation, cerebellar activation contralateral to the active hand, which would contribute to intermanual transfer of monkey tool-use learning, together with the fronto-parietal cortical circuit. Finally, this article proposes the relationship between the cerebellum and the possible mechanism underlying non-specific transfer that allows thinking in a flexible and productive manner.
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- Shigeru Obayashi
- Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
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Mazoyer P, Wicker B, Fonlupt P. A neural network elicited by parametric manipulation of the attention load. Neuroreport 2002; 13:2331-4. [PMID: 12488821 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200212030-00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We used a parametric experimental design to identify the rCBF variations related to a continuous variation of the attention load. The experiment involved goal-directed visual tasks. The length of time during which the subject's attention was engaged toward the external stimulus was taken as the factor of interest. The neural network revealed areas that positively (left cerebellum, bilateral MT/V5 complex and superior parietal lobule, right inferior temporal lobe and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) or negatively (precuneus, anterior cingulate and medial superior frontal cortex) correlate with the attention load. Results demonstrate that the activity of these areas varies continuously as a function of the variation in the attention load.
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- Patrick Mazoyer
- INSERM Unité 280, Processus Mentaux et Activation Cérébrale, 151 Cours Albert Thomas, F69424 Lyon Cedex 03, France
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Müller RA, Kleinhans N, Pierce K, Kemmotsu N, Courchesne E. Functional MRI of motor sequence acquisition: effects of learning stage and performance. BRAIN RESEARCH. COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 14:277-93. [PMID: 12067701 DOI: 10.1016/s0926-6410(02)00131-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Neural networks of motor control are well understood and the motor domain therefore lends itself to the study of learning. Neuroimaging of motor learning has demonstrated fronto-parietal, subcortical, and cerebellar involvement. However, there is conflicting evidence on the specific functional contributions of individual regions and their relative importance for early and advanced stages of learning. Using functional MRI (fMRI), we examined hemodynamic effects in seven right-handed men during brief episodes of explicit learning of novel six-digit sequences (experiments 1 and 2) and during prolonged learning of an eight-digit sequence (experiment 3), all performed with the dominant hand. Brief episodes of new learning were predominantly associated with bilateral activations in premotor and supplementary motor areas, superior and inferior parietal cortices, and anterior cerebellum. In experiment 2, which included a control condition matched for complexity of motor execution, we also found unexpectedly strong activation in the bilateral inferior frontal lobes. In experiment 3, analysis of task by learning stage interactions showed greater involvement of the bilateral superior parietal lobes, the right middle frontal gyrus, and the left caudate nucleus during early stages, whereas left occipito-temporal and superior frontal cortex as well as the bilateral parahippocampal region were more activated during late learning stages. Analysis of task by performance interactions (based on each subject's response times and accuracy during each scan) showed effects in bilateral fronto-polar, right hippocampal, and anterior cerebellar regions associated with high levels of performance, as well as inverse effects in bilateral occipito-parietal regions. We conclude that superior parietal and occipital regions are most intensely involved in visually driven explicit digit sequence learning during early stages and low performance, whereas later stages of acquisition and higher levels of performance are characterized by stronger recruitment of prefrontal and mediotemporal regions.
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- Ralph Axel Müller
- Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, MC1863, 6363 Alvarado Ct. #200, San Diego, CA 92120, USA.
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Seidler RD, Purushotham A, Kim SG, Uğurbil K, Willingham D, Ashe J. Cerebellum activation associated with performance change but not motor learning. Science 2002; 296:2043-6. [PMID: 12065841 DOI: 10.1126/science.1068524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The issue of whether the cerebellum contributes to motor skill learning is controversial, principally because of the difficulty of separating the effects of motor learning from changes in performance. We performed a functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation during an implicit, motor sequence-learning task that was designed to separate these two processes. During the sequence-encoding phase, human participants performed a concurrent distractor task that served to suppress the performance changes associated with learning. Upon removal of the distractor, participants showed evidence of having learned. No cerebellar activation was associated with the learning phase, despite extensive involvement of other cortical and subcortical regions. There was, however, significant cerebellar activation during the expression of learning; thus, the cerebellum does not contribute to learning of the motor skill itself but is engaged primarily in the modification of performance.
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- R D Seidler
- Brain Sciences Center (11B), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
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Recent imaging studies of motor function provide new insights into the organization of the premotor areas of the frontal lobe. The pre-supplementary motor area and the rostral portion of the dorsal premotor cortex, the 'pre-PMd', are, in many respects, more like prefrontal areas than motor areas. Recent data also suggest the existence of separate functional divisions in the rostral cingulate zone.
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- N Picard
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, W1640 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Jovicich J, Peters RJ, Koch C, Braun J, Chang L, Ernst T. Brain areas specific for attentional load in a motion-tracking task. J Cogn Neurosci 2001; 13:1048-58. [PMID: 11784443 DOI: 10.1162/089892901753294347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Although visual attention is known to modulate brain activity in the posterior parietal, prefrontal, and visual sensory areas, the unique roles of these areas in the control of attentional resources have remained unclear. Here, we report a dissociation in the response profiles of these areas. In a parametric functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, subjects performed a covert motion-tracking task, in which we manipulated "attentional load" by varying the number of tracked balls. While strong effects of attention--independent of attentional load--were widespread, robust linear increases of brain activity with number of balls tracked were seen primarily in the posterior parietal areas, including the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and superior parietal lobule (SPL). Thus, variations in attentional load revealed different response profiles in sensory areas as compared to control areas. Our results suggest a general role for posterior parietal areas in the deployment of visual of attentional resources.
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- J Jovicich
- California Institute of Technology & Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA, USA.
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