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Knights E, McIntosh RD, Ford C, Buckingham G, Rossit S. Peripheral and bimanual reaching in a stroke survivor with left visual neglect and extinction. Neuropsychologia 2024; 201:108901. [PMID: 38704116 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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Whether attentional deficits are accompanied by visuomotor impairments following posterior parietal lesions has been debated for quite some time. This single-case study investigated reaching in a stroke survivor (E.B.) with left visual neglect and visual extinction following right temporo-parietal-frontal strokes. Unlike most neglect patients, E.B. did not present left hemiparesis, homonymous hemianopia nor show evidence of motor neglect or extinction allowing us to examine, for the first time, if lateralised attentional deficits co-occur with deficits in peripheral and bimanual reaching. First, we found a classic optic ataxia field effect: E.B.'s accuracy was impaired when reaching to peripheral targets in her neglected left visual field (regardless of the hand used). Second, we found a larger bimanual cost for movement time in E.B. than controls when both hands reached to incongruent locations. E.B.'s visuomotor profile is similar to the one of patients with optic ataxia showing that attentional deficits are accompanied by visuomotor deficits in the affected field.
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- Ethan Knights
- Neuropsychology Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Neuropsychology Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
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Karabanov AN, Chillemi G, Madsen KH, Siebner HR. Dynamic involvement of premotor and supplementary motor areas in bimanual pinch force control. Neuroimage 2023; 276:120203. [PMID: 37271303 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023] Open
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Many activities of daily living require quick shifts between symmetric and asymmetric bimanual actions. Bimanual motor control has been mostly studied during continuous repetitive tasks, while little research has been carried out in experimental settings requiring dynamic changes in motor output generated by both hands. Here, we performed functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) while healthy volunteers performed a visually guided, bimanual pinch force task. This enabled us to map functional activity and connectivity of premotor and motor areas during bimanual pinch force control in different task contexts, requiring mirror-symmetric or inverse-asymmetric changes in discrete pinch force exerted with the right and left hand. The bilateral dorsal premotor cortex showed increased activity and effective coupling to the ipsilateral supplementary motor area (SMA) in the inverse-asymmetric context compared to the mirror-symmetric context of bimanual pinch force control while the SMA showed increased negative coupling to visual areas. Task-related activity of a cluster in the left caudal SMA also scaled positively with the degree of synchronous initiation of bilateral pinch force adjustments, irrespectively of the task context. The results suggest that the dorsal premotor cortex mediates increasing complexity of bimanual coordination by increasing coupling to the SMA while SMA provides feedback about motor actions to the sensory system.
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- Anke Ninija Karabanov
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark; Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark; Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
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Varghese R, Chang B, Kim B, Liew SL, Schweighofer N, Winstein CJ. Corpus Callosal Microstructure Predicts Bimanual Motor Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: a Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study. Top Stroke Rehabil 2022:1-9. [PMID: 35856402 PMCID: PMC9852360 DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2022.2095085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microstructural changes in the corpus callosum (CC) are associated with more severe motor impairment in the paretic hand, poor recovery, and general disability. The purpose of this study was to determine if CC microstructure predicts bimanual motor performance in chronic stroke survivors. METHODS We examined the relationship between the fractional anisotropy (FA) across the CC, in both the sensorimotor and non-sensorimotor regions, and movement times for two self-initiated and self-paced bimanual tasks in 41 chronic stroke survivors. Using publicly available control datasets (n = 52), matched closely for imaging acquisition parameters, we also explored the effect of stroke and age on callosal microstructure. RESULTS In mild-to-moderate chronic stroke survivors with relatively localized lesions to the motor areas, lower callosal FA values, suggestive of a more disorganized microstructure, were associated with slower bimanual performance. Associations were strongest for the primary motor fibers (b = -2.19 ± 1.03, p = .035), followed closely by premotor/supplementary motor (b = -2.07 ± 1.07, p = .041) and prefrontal (b = -1.92 ± 0.97, p = .05) fibers of the callosum. Secondary analysis revealed that compared to neurologically age-similar adults, chronic stroke survivors exhibited significantly lower mean FA in all regions of the CC, except the splenium. CONCLUSION Remote widespread changes in the callosal genu and body are associated with slower performance on cooperative bimanual tasks that require precise and interdependent coordination of the hands. Measures of callosal microstructure may prove to be a useful predictor of real-world bimanual performance in chronic stroke survivors.
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- Rini Varghese
- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Physical Therapy, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089.,Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089.,Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE INFARCTS. Neurol Sci 2022:1-9. [PMID: 35686295 DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2022.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A Crucial Role of the Frontal Operculum in Task-Set Dependent Visuomotor Performance Monitoring. eNeuro 2022; 9:ENEURO.0524-21.2021. [PMID: 35165200 PMCID: PMC8896555 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0524-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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For adaptive goal-directed action, the brain needs to monitor action performance and detect errors. The corresponding information may be conveyed via different sensory modalities; for instance, visual and proprioceptive body position cues may inform about current manual action performance. Thereby, contextual factors such as the current task set may also determine the relative importance of each sensory modality for action guidance. Here, we analyzed human behavioral, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and magnetoencephalography (MEG) data from two virtual reality-based hand-target phase-matching studies to identify the neuronal correlates of performance monitoring and error processing under instructed visual or proprioceptive task sets. Our main result was a general, modality-independent response of the bilateral frontal operculum (FO) to poor phase-matching accuracy, as evident from increased BOLD signal and increased source-localized gamma power. Furthermore, functional connectivity of the bilateral FO to the right posterior parietal cortex (PPC) increased under a visual versus proprioceptive task set. These findings suggest that the bilateral FO generally monitors manual action performance; and, moreover, that when visual action feedback is used to guide action, the FO may signal an increased need for control to visuomotor regions in the right PPC following errors.
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Barak Ventura R, Stewart Hughes K, Nov O, Raghavan P, Ruiz Marín M, Porfiri M. Data-Driven Classification of Human Movements in Virtual Reality-Based Serious Games: Preclinical Rehabilitation Study in Citizen Science. JMIR Serious Games 2022; 10:e27597. [PMID: 35142629 PMCID: PMC8874800 DOI: 10.2196/27597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Sustained engagement is essential for the success of telerehabilitation programs. However, patients’ lack of motivation and adherence could undermine these goals. To overcome this challenge, physical exercises have often been gamified. Building on the advantages of serious games, we propose a citizen science–based approach in which patients perform scientific tasks by using interactive interfaces and help advance scientific causes of their choice. This approach capitalizes on human intellect and benevolence while promoting learning. To further enhance engagement, we propose performing citizen science activities in immersive media, such as virtual reality (VR). Objective This study aims to present a novel methodology to facilitate the remote identification and classification of human movements for the automatic assessment of motor performance in telerehabilitation. The data-driven approach is presented in the context of a citizen science software dedicated to bimanual training in VR. Specifically, users interact with the interface and make contributions to an environmental citizen science project while moving both arms in concert. Methods In all, 9 healthy individuals interacted with the citizen science software by using a commercial VR gaming device. The software included a calibration phase to evaluate the users’ range of motion along the 3 anatomical planes of motion and to adapt the sensitivity of the software’s response to their movements. During calibration, the time series of the users’ movements were recorded by the sensors embedded in the device. We performed principal component analysis to identify salient features of movements and then applied a bagged trees ensemble classifier to classify the movements. Results The classification achieved high performance, reaching 99.9% accuracy. Among the movements, elbow flexion was the most accurately classified movement (99.2%), and horizontal shoulder abduction to the right side of the body was the most misclassified movement (98.8%). Conclusions Coordinated bimanual movements in VR can be classified with high accuracy. Our findings lay the foundation for the development of motion analysis algorithms in VR-mediated telerehabilitation.
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- Roni Barak Ventura
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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- Department of Technology Management and Innovation, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Quantitative Methods, Law and Modern Languages, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain.,Murcia Bio-Health Institute (IMIB-Arrixaca), Health Science Campus, Cartagena, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States.,Center for Urban Science and Progress, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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van Dun K, Brinkmann P, Depestele S, Verstraelen S, Meesen R. Cerebellar Activation During Simple and Complex Bimanual Coordination: an Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) Meta-analysis. THE CEREBELLUM 2021; 21:987-1013. [PMID: 34595608 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-021-01261-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bimanual coordination is an important part of everyday life and recruits a large neural network, including the cerebellum. The specific role of the cerebellum in bimanual coordination has not yet been studied in depth, although several studies indicate a differential role of the anterior and posterior cerebellum depending on the complexity of the coordination. An activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis was used combining the data of several functional MRI studies involving bimanual coordination tasks with varying complexities to unravel the involvement of the different areas of the cerebellum in simple and complex bimanual coordination. This study confirms the general bimanual network as found by Puttemans et al. (Puttemans et al. in J Neurosci 25:4270-4278, 2005) and highlights the differences between preferred in-phase (simultaneous movements of homologous muscle groups) and anti-phase movement conditions (alternating movements of homologous muscle groups), and more complex, non-preferred bimanual movements (e.g., out-of-phase movements). Our results show a differential role for the anterior and posterior vermis in bimanual coordination, with a role for the anterior vermis in anti-phase and complex bimanual coordination, and an exclusive role for the posterior vermis in complex bimanual movements. In addition, the way complexity was manipulated also seems to play a role in the involvement of the anterior and posterior vermis. We hypothesize that the anterior vermis is involved in sequential/spatial control, while the posterior vermis is involved in temporal control of (bimanual) coordination, though other factors such as (visual) feedback and continuity of the movement also seem to have an impact. More studies are needed to unravel the specific role of the cerebellar vermis in bimanual coordination.
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- Kim van Dun
- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Agoralaan A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Agoralaan A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Agoralaan A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Agoralaan A, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Weersink JB, Maurits NM, de Jong BM. Amble Gait EEG Points at Complementary Cortical Networks Underlying Stereotypic Multi-Limb Co-ordination. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 15:691482. [PMID: 34413729 PMCID: PMC8370810 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.691482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Walking is characterized by stable antiphase relations between upper and lower limb movements. Such bilateral rhythmic movement patterns are neuronally generated at levels of the spinal cord and brain stem, that are strongly interconnected with cortical circuitries, including the Supplementary Motor Area (SMA). Objective To explore cerebral activity associated with multi-limb phase relations in human gait by manipulating mutual attunement of the upper and lower limb antiphase patterns. Methods Cortical activity and gait were assessed by ambulant EEG, accelerometers and videorecordings in 35 healthy participants walking normally and 19 healthy participants walking in amble gait, where upper limbs moved in-phase with the lower limbs. Power changes across the EEG frequency spectrum were assessed by Event Related Spectral Perturbation analysis and gait analysis was performed. Results Amble gait was associated with enhanced Event Related Desynchronization (ERD) prior to and during especially the left swing phase and reduced Event Related Synchronization (ERS) at final swing phases. ERD enhancement was most pronounced over the putative right premotor, right primary motor and right parietal cortex, indicating involvement of higher-order organization and somatosensory guidance in the production of this more complex gait pattern, with an apparent right hemisphere dominance. The diminished within-step ERD/ERS pattern in amble gait, also over the SMA, suggests that this gait pattern is more stride driven instead of step driven. Conclusion Increased four-limb phase complexity recruits distributed networks upstream of the primary motor cortex, primarily lateralized in the right hemisphere. Similar parietal-premotor involvement has been described to compensate impaired SMA function in Parkinson’s disease bimanual antiphase movement, indicating a role as cortical support regions.
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- Joyce B Weersink
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Biggio M, Bisio A, Garbarini F, Bove M. Bimanual coupling effect during a proprioceptive stimulation. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15015. [PMID: 34294818 PMCID: PMC8298576 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94569-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Circle-line drawing paradigm is used to study bimanual coupling. In the standard paradigm, subjects are asked to draw circles with one hand and lines with the other hand; the influence of the concomitant tasks results in two "elliptical" figures. Here we tested whether proprioceptive information evoked by muscle vibration inducing a proprioceptive illusion (PI) of movement at central level, was able to affect the contralateral hand drawing circles or lines. A multisite 80 Hz-muscle vibration paradigm was used to induce the illusion of circle- and line-drawing on the right hand of 15 healthy participants. During muscle vibration, subjects had to draw a congruent or an incongruent figure with the left hand. The ovalization induced by PI was compared with Real and Motor Imagery conditions, which already have proved to induce bimanual coupling. We showed that the ovalization of a perceived circle over a line drawing during PI was comparable to that observed in Real and Motor Imagery condition. This finding indicates that PI can induce bimanual coupling, and proprioceptive information can influence the motor programs of the contralateral hand.
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- M Biggio
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology and Centro Polifunzionale di Scienze Motorie, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology and Centro Polifunzionale di Scienze Motorie, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- MANIBUS Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology and Centro Polifunzionale di Scienze Motorie, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy. .,IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
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Alahmadi AAS. Investigating the sub-regions of the superior parietal cortex using functional magnetic resonance imaging connectivity. Insights Imaging 2021; 12:47. [PMID: 33847819 PMCID: PMC8044280 DOI: 10.1186/s13244-021-00993-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objectives Traditionally, the superior parietal lobule (SPL) is usually investigated as one region of interest, particularly in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. However, cytoarchitectonic analysis has shown that the SPL has a complex, heterogeneous topology that comprises more than seven sub-regions. Since previous studies have shown how the SPL is significantly involved in different neurological functions—such as visuomotor, cognitive, sensory, higher order, working memory and attention—this study aims to investigate whether these cytoarchitecturally different sub-regions have different functional connectivity to different functional brain networks. Methods This study examined 198 healthy subjects using resting-state fMRI and investigated the functional connectivity of seven sub-regions of the SPL to eight regional functional networks. Results The findings showed that most of the seven sub-regions were functionally connected to these targeted networks and that there are differences between these sub-regions and their functional connectivity patterns. The most consistent functional connectivity was observed with the visual and attention networks. There were also clear functional differences between Brodmann area (BA) 5 and BA7. BA5, with its three sub-regions, had strong functional connectivity to both the sensorimotor and salience networks. Conclusion These findings have enhanced our understanding of the functional organisations of the complexity of the SPL and its varied topology and also provide clear evidence of the functional patterns and involvements of the SPL in major brain functions.
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- Adnan A S Alahmadi
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Verstraelen S, van Dun K, Depestele S, Van Hoornweder S, Jamil A, Ghasemian-Shirvan E, Nitsche MA, Van Malderen S, Swinnen SP, Cuypers K, Meesen RLJ. Dissociating the causal role of left and right dorsal premotor cortices in planning and executing bimanual movements - A neuro-navigated rTMS study. Brain Stimul 2021; 14:423-434. [PMID: 33621675 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2021.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) is a key region in bimanual coordination. However, causal evidence linking PMd functionality during motor planning and execution to movement quality is lacking. OBJECTIVE We investigated how left (PMdL) and right PMd (PMdR) are causally involved in planning and executing bimanual movements, using short-train repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Additionally, we explored to what extent the observed rTMS-induced modulation of performance could be explained by rTMS-induced modulation of PMd-M1 interhemispheric interactions (IHI). METHODS Twenty healthy adults (mean age ± SD = 22.85 ± 3.73 years) participated in two sessions, in which either PMdL or PMdR was targeted with rTMS (10 Hz) in a pseudo-randomized design. PMd functionality was transiently modulated during the planning or execution of a complex bimanual task, whereby the participant was asked to track a moving dot by controlling two dials. The effect of rTMS on several performance measures was investigated. Concurrently, rTMS-induced modulation of PMd-M1 IHI was measured using a dual-coil paradigm, and associated with the rTMS-induced performance modulation. RESULTS rTMS over PMdL during planning increased bilateral hand movement speed (p = 0.03), thereby improving movement accuracy (p = 0.02). In contrast, rTMS over PMdR during both planning and execution induced deterioration of movement stability (p = 0.04). rTMS-induced modulation of PMd-M1 IHI during planning did not predict rTMS-induced performance modulation. CONCLUSION The current findings support the growing evidence on PMdL dominance during motor planning, as PMdL was crucially involved in planning the speed of each hand, subserving bimanual coordination accuracy. Moreover, the current results suggest that PMdR fulfills a role in continuous adjustment processes of movement.
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- Stefanie Verstraelen
- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany; International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany; Department of Neurology, University Medical Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuroplasticity and Movement Control Research Group, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Lehmann M, Neumann C, Wasserthal S, Schultz J, Delis A, Trautner P, Hurlemann R, Ettinger U. Effects of ketamine on brain function during metacognition of episodic memory. Neurosci Conscious 2021; 2021:niaa028. [PMID: 33747545 PMCID: PMC7959215 DOI: 10.1093/nc/niaa028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Only little research has been conducted on the pharmacological underpinnings of metacognition. Here, we tested the modulatory effects of a single intravenous dose (100 ng/ml) of the N-methyl-D-aspartate-glutamate-receptor antagonist ketamine, a compound known to induce altered states of consciousness, on metacognition and its neural correlates. Fifty-three young, healthy adults completed two study phases of an episodic memory task involving both encoding and retrieval in a double-blind, placebo-controlled fMRI study. Trial-by-trial confidence ratings were collected during retrieval. Effects on the subjective state of consciousness were assessed using the 5D-ASC questionnaire. Confirming that the drug elicited a psychedelic state, there were effects of ketamine on all 5D-ASC scales. Acute ketamine administration during retrieval had deleterious effects on metacognitive sensitivity (meta-d') and led to larger metacognitive bias, with retrieval performance (d') and reaction times remaining unaffected. However, there was no ketamine effect on metacognitive efficiency (meta-d'/d'). Measures of the BOLD signal revealed that ketamine compared to placebo elicited higher activation of posterior cortical brain areas, including superior and inferior parietal lobe, calcarine gyrus, and lingual gyrus, albeit not specific to metacognitive confidence ratings. Ketamine administered during encoding did not significantly affect performance or brain activation. Overall, our findings suggest that ketamine impacts metacognition, leading to significantly larger metacognitive bias and deterioration of metacognitive sensitivity as well as unspecific activation increases in posterior hot zone areas of the neural correlates of consciousness.
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- Mirko Lehmann
- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Division of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
- Department for NeuroCognition, Life & Brain Center, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Division of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Research Center Neurosensory Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Scarpina F, Bruno V, Rabuffetti M, Priano L, Tagini S, Gindri P, Mauro A, Garbarini F. Drawing lines and circles in Parkinson's Disease: The lateralized symptoms interfere with the movements of the unaffected hand. Neuropsychologia 2020; 151:107718. [PMID: 33309678 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Evidence about altered bimanual coordination has been reported in Parkinson's Disease. However, no previous study has explored such an alteration quantifying the interference effect that the trajectory of each hand might impose on the other one. Thus, in the present research, we applied the traditional Circles-Lines Coupling Task, which allowed assessing the motor coordination of the two hands, in the context of Parkinson's Disease. METHODS Thirty-six individuals affected by Parkinson's Disease were consecutively recruited and assigned to two groups according to their symptoms' lateralization. Moreover, eighteen age-matched healthy controls participated in the study. We capitalized on the Circles-Lines Coupling Task, in which the performance during incongruent movements (drawing lines with one hand and circles with the other hand) was compared with the performance during congruent movements (drawing lines with both hands). A bimanual coupling index was computed to compare the interference effect of each hand on the other one. RESULTS In healthy controls, the bimanual coupling index did not differ between the two hands. Crucially, in both groups of individuals affected by Parkinson's Disease, the less affected hand showed a significantly higher bimanual coupling index, due to the abnormal interference exerted by the most affected one, than vice versa. CONCLUSIONS Our results highlighted an altered spatial bimanual coupling in Parkinson's disease, depending on the symptoms' lateralization. We offered different explanations of our results according to the theoretical frameworks about the mechanisms subserving bimanual coordination.
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- Federica Scarpina
- "Rita Levi Montalcini" Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Italy; Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Piancavallo, VCO, Italy.
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- MANIBUS Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy
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- "Rita Levi Montalcini" Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Italy; Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Piancavallo, VCO, Italy
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Piancavallo, VCO, Italy
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- "Rita Levi Montalcini" Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Italy; Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Piancavallo, VCO, Italy
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Disrupted Resting-state Functional Connectivity of the Nucleus Basalis of Meynert in Parkinson’s Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neuroscience 2020; 442:228-236. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Lim H, Kim WS, Ku J. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effect on Virtual Hand Illusion. CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING 2020; 23:541-549. [PMID: 32478563 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2019.0741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Virtual reality (VR) is effectively used to evoke the mirror illusion, and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) synergistically facilitates this illusion. This study investigated whether a mirror virtual hand illusion (MVHI) induced by an immersive, first-person-perspective, virtual mirror system could be modulated by tDCS of the primary motor cortex. Fourteen healthy adults (average age 21.86 years ±0.47, seven men and seven women) participated in this study, and they experienced VR with and without tDCS-the tDCS and sham conditions, each of which takes ∼30 minutes-on separate days to allow the washout of the tDCS effect. While experiencing VR, the movements of the virtual left hand reflected the flexion and extension of the real right hand. Subsequently, electroencephalogram was recorded, the magnitude of the proprioceptive shift was measured, and the participants provided responses to a questionnaire regarding hand ownership. A significant difference in the proprioceptive shift was observed between the tDCS and sham conditions. In addition, there was significant suppression of the mu power in Pz, and augmentation of the beta power in the Pz, P4, O1, and O2 channels. The difference in proprioceptive deviation between the two conditions showed significant negative correlation with mu suppression over the left frontal lobe in the tDCS condition. Finally, the question "I felt that the virtual hand was my own hand" received a significantly higher score under the tDCS condition. In short, applying tDCS over the motor cortex facilitates the MVHI by activating the attentional network over the parietal and frontal lobes such that the MVHI induces more proprioceptive drift, which suggests that the combination of VR and tDCS can enhance the immersive effect in VR. This result provides better support for the use of the MVHI paradigm in combination with tDCS for recovery from illnesses such as stroke.
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- Hyunmi Lim
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Rudisch J, Müller K, Kutz DF, Brich L, Sleimen-Malkoun R, Voelcker-Rehage C. How Age, Cognitive Function and Gender Affect Bimanual Force Control. Front Physiol 2020; 11:245. [PMID: 32292353 PMCID: PMC7121519 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Coordinated bimanual control depends on information processing in different intra- and interhemispheric networks that differ with respect to task symmetry and laterality of execution. Aging and age-related cognitive impairments, but also sex can have detrimental effects on connectivity of these networks. We therefore expected effects of age, cognitive function and sex on bimanual force coordination. We furthermore expected these effects to depend on the characteristics of the task (i.e., difficulty and symmetry). 162 right handed participants (19 younger adults [YA], 21–30 years, 9 females; 52 cognitively healthy older adults [HOA], 80–91 years, 32 females; and 91 older adults with mild cognitive impairments [MCI] 80–91 years, 37 females) performed isometric bimanual force control tasks that required following constant or alternating (cyclic sine-wave) targets and varied in symmetry, i.e., (i) constant symmetric, asymmetric [with constant left and alternating right (ii) or vice versa (iii)], (iv) alternating in- and (v) alternating antiphase (both hands alternating with 0° or 180° relative phase, respectively). We analyzed general performance (time on target), bimanual coordination as coupling between hands (linear correlation coefficient) and structure of variability (i.e., complexity measured through detrended fluctuation analysis). Performance and coupling strongly depended on task symmetry and executing hand, with better performance in symmetric tasks and in asymmetric tasks when the left hand produced a constant and the right hand an alternating force. HOA and MCI, compared to YA, showed poorer performance (time on target) and reduced coupling in in- and antiphase tasks. Furthermore, both groups of OA displayed less complex structure in alternating force production tasks, a marker of reduced control. In addition, we found strong sex effects with females displaying reduced coupling during in- and antiphase coordination and less complex variably structure in constant force production. Results of this study revealed strong effects of age, but also sex on bimanual force control. Effects depended strongly on task symmetry and executing hand, possibly due to different requirements in interhemispheric information processing. So far, we found no clear relationship between behavioral markers of bimanual force control and age-related cognitive decline (compared to healthy aging), making further investigation necessary.
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- Julian Rudisch
- Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.,Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise, Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.,Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise, Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.,Department of Pediatrics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- CNRS, Institute of Movement Sciences, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.,Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise, Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Desrochers PC, Brunfeldt AT, Kagerer FA. Neurophysiological Correlates of Adaptation and Interference during Asymmetrical Bimanual Movements. Neuroscience 2020; 432:30-43. [PMID: 32036015 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In this study, we investigated brain dynamics during interference between hands during bimanual movements. Participants performed a bimanual center-out reaching task in which a visuomotor rotation was applied to the right hand while the left hand did not receive visual feedback of its movements. This manipulation resulted in interference from the adapting right hand to the kinesthetically guided left hand. Electroencephalography (EEG) recordings during the task showed that spectral power in the high and low beta frequency bands was elevated early in exposure, but decreased throughout learning. This may be representative of error-based updating of internal models of movement. Additionally, coherence, a measure of neural functional connectivity, was elevated both within and between hemispheres in the beta frequencies during the initial presentation of the visuomotor rotation, and then decreased throughout adaptation. This suggests that beta oscillatory neural activity may be marker for transmission of conflicting motor information between hemispheres, which manifests in interference between the hands during asymmetrical bimanual movements.
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- Phillip C Desrochers
- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Galofaro E, Ballardini G, Boggini S, Foti F, Nisky I, Casadio M. Assessment of bimanual proprioception during an orientation matching task with a physically coupled object. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot 2020; 2019:101-107. [PMID: 31374614 DOI: 10.1109/icorr.2019.8779415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Assessing proprioception is important for understanding and treating sensorimotor impairments. Many daily tasks require bimanual manipulation of objects, but state of the art methods for the assessment of proprioception are far away from bimanual activities, and instead evaluate sensorimotor integrity in oversimplified and often unimanual goal-directed tasks. Here, we developed a new device and method to assess proprioception and force production by simulating a realistic bimanual behavior. Twelve healthy participants held a physically coupled object - a sensorized box - and matched target orientations about the three principal axes without and with added weights. Our preliminary findings indicate that bimanual proprioception during orientation matching depends on the axis of rotation. For example, in rotations about the lateral axis of the body, underestimation and overestimation of the target angle depends on its orientation in a body-centered reference frame: participants tended to underestimate targets that required rotation far away from the body and overestimated angles that required rotation towards the body. We also found that for the same rotation axis, the larger were the rotations, the higher was the force applied. Moreover, we also found that fatigue causes undershoot in orientation matching. In the future, this tool could be adopted for assessment and treatment of sensorimotor deficits in bimanual functional tasks.
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Doustan M, Namazizadeh M, Sheikh M, Naghdi N. Evaluation of learning of asymmetrical bimanual tasks and transfer to converse pattern: Load, temporal and spatial asymmetry of hand movements. ACTA GYMNICA 2019. [DOI: 10.5507/ag.2019.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Alayrangues J, Torrecillos F, Jahani A, Malfait N. Error-related modulations of the sensorimotor post-movement and foreperiod beta-band activities arise from distinct neural substrates and do not reflect efferent signal processing. Neuroimage 2018; 184:10-24. [PMID: 30201465 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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While beta activity has been extensively studied in relation to voluntary movement, its role in sensorimotor adaptation remains largely uncertain. Recently, it has been shown that the post-movement beta rebound as well as beta activity during movement-preparation are modulated by movement errors. However, there are critical functional differences between pre- and post-movement beta activities. Here, we addressed two related open questions. Do the pre- and post-movement error-related modulations arise from distinct neural substrates? Do these modulations relate to efferent signals shaping muscle-activation patterns or do they reflect integration of sensory information, intervening upstream of the motor output? For this purpose, first we exploited independent component analysis (ICA) which revealed a double dissociation suggesting that distinct neural substrates are recruited in error-related beta-power modulations observed before and after movement. Second, we compared error-related beta oscillation responses observed in two bimanual reaching tasks involving similar movements but different interlimb coordination, and in which the same mechanical perturbations induced different behavioral adaptive responses. While the task difference was not reflected in the post-movement beta rebound, the pre-movement beta activity was differently modulated according to the interlimb coordination. Critically, we show an uncoupling between the behavioral and the electrophysiological responses during the movement preparation phase, which demonstrates that the error-related modulation of the foreperiod beta activity does not reflect changes in the motor output from primary motor cortex. It seems instead to relate to higher level processing of sensory afferents, essential for sensorimotor adaptation.
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- Julie Alayrangues
- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR7289, Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS, Marseille, France
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR7289, Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS, Marseille, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR7289, Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS, Marseille, France.
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Howells H, Thiebaut de Schotten M, Dell’Acqua F, Beyh A, Zappalà G, Leslie A, Simmons A, Murphy DG, Catani M. Frontoparietal Tracts Linked to Lateralized Hand Preference and Manual Specialization. Cereb Cortex 2018; 28:2482-2494. [PMID: 29688293 PMCID: PMC6005057 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Humans show a preference for using the right hand over the left for tasks and activities of everyday life. While experimental work in non-human primates has identified the neural systems responsible for reaching and grasping, the neural basis of lateralized motor behavior in humans remains elusive. The advent of diffusion imaging tractography for studying connectional anatomy in the living human brain provides the possibility of understanding the relationship between hemispheric asymmetry, hand preference, and manual specialization. In this study, diffusion tractography was used to demonstrate an interaction between hand preference and the asymmetry of frontoparietal tracts, specifically the dorsal branch of the superior longitudinal fasciculus, responsible for visuospatial integration and motor planning. This is in contrast to the corticospinal tract and the superior cerebellar peduncle, for which asymmetry was not related to hand preference. Asymmetry of the dorsal frontoparietal tract was also highly correlated with the degree of lateralization in tasks requiring visuospatial integration and fine motor control. These results suggest a common anatomical substrate for hand preference and lateralized manual specialization in frontoparietal tracts important for visuomotor processing.
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- Henrietta Howells
- Natbrainlab, Sackler Institute for Translational Neurodevelopment, Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill, London, UK
- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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- Brain Connectivity and Behaviour Group, Sorbonne Universities, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Frontlab, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), UPMC UMRS 1127, Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Paris, France
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- Natbrainlab, Sackler Institute for Translational Neurodevelopment, Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill, London, UK
- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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- Natbrainlab, Sackler Institute for Translational Neurodevelopment, Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill, London, UK
- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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- Garibaldi Hospital, Piazza Santa Maria di Gesú, 5, Catania, Italy
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- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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- Natbrainlab, Sackler Institute for Translational Neurodevelopment, Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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- Natbrainlab, Sackler Institute for Translational Neurodevelopment, Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill, London, UK
- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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Boisgontier MP, Cheval B, van Ruitenbeek P, Cuypers K, Leunissen I, Sunaert S, Meesen R, Zivari Adab H, Renaud O, Swinnen SP. Cerebellar gray matter explains bimanual coordination performance in children and older adults. Neurobiol Aging 2018; 65:109-120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Zivari Adab H, Chalavi S, Beets IAM, Gooijers J, Leunissen I, Cheval B, Collier Q, Sijbers J, Jeurissen B, Swinnen SP, Boisgontier MP. White matter microstructural organisation of interhemispheric pathways predicts different stages of bimanual coordination learning in young and older adults. Eur J Neurosci 2018; 47:446-459. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Hamed Zivari Adab
- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group; Department of Movement Sciences; KU Leuven; Tervuurse Vest 101 Leuven Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group; Department of Movement Sciences; KU Leuven; Tervuurse Vest 101 Leuven Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group; Department of Movement Sciences; KU Leuven; Tervuurse Vest 101 Leuven Belgium
- BrainCTR; Lilid bvba; Diest Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group; Department of Movement Sciences; KU Leuven; Tervuurse Vest 101 Leuven Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group; Department of Movement Sciences; KU Leuven; Tervuurse Vest 101 Leuven Belgium
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics; University of Geneva; Geneva Switzerland
- Swiss NCCR “LIVES - Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives”; University of Geneva; Geneva Switzerland
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- iMinds Vision Lab; University of Antwerp; Antwerp Belgium
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- iMinds Vision Lab; University of Antwerp; Antwerp Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group; Department of Movement Sciences; KU Leuven; Tervuurse Vest 101 Leuven Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group; Department of Movement Sciences; KU Leuven; Tervuurse Vest 101 Leuven Belgium
- Brain Behavior Laboratory; University of British Columbia; Vancouver BC Canada
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The Difference of Neural Networks between Bimanual Antiphase and In-Phase Upper Limb Movements: A Preliminary Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Behav Neurol 2017; 2017:8041962. [PMID: 28701822 PMCID: PMC5496109 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8041962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Most daily movements require some degree of collaboration between the upper limbs. The neural mechanisms are bimanual-condition specific and therefore should be different between different activities. In this study, we aimed to explore intraregional activation and interregional connectivity during bimanual movement by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Ten right-handed, normal subjects were recruited. The neural correlates of unimanual (right side) and bimanual (in-phase and antiphase) upper limb movements were investigated. Connectivity analyses were carried out using the psychophysiological interaction (PPI) model. The cerebellum was strongly activated in both unimanual and bimanual movements, and the cingulate motor area (CMA) was the most activated brain area in antiphase bimanual movement. Moreover, compared with unimanual movement, CMA activation was also observed in antiphase bimanual movement, but not in in-phase bimanual movement. In addition, we carried out the PPI model to study the differences of effective connectivity and found that the cerebellum was more connected with the CMA during antiphase bimanual movement than in-phase bimanual movement. Our findings elucidate the differences of the cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity between antiphase and in-phase bimanual movements, which could be used to facilitate the development of a neuroscience perspective on bimanual movement control in patients with motor impairments.
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Della Gatta F, Garbarini F, Rabuffetti M, Viganò L, Butterfill SA, Sinigaglia C. Drawn together: When motor representations ground joint actions. Cognition 2017; 165:53-60. [PMID: 28501547 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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What enables individuals to act together? Recent discoveries suggest that a variety of mechanisms are involved. But something fundamental is yet to be investigated. In joint action, agents represent a collective goal, or so it is often assumed. But how, if at all, are collective goals represented in joint action and how do such representations impact performance? To investigate this question we adapted a bimanual paradigm, the circle-line drawing paradigm, to contrast two agents acting in parallel with two agents performing a joint action. Participants were required to draw lines or circles while observing circles or lines being drawn. The findings indicate that interpersonal motor coupling may occur in joint but not parallel action. This suggests that participants in joint actions can represent collective goals motorically.
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- Francesco Della Gatta
- Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7, I-20122 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turin, via Po 14, I-10123 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Technology, IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation Milan, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7, I-20122 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7, I-20122 Milano, Italy; Center for the Study of Social Action, University of Milan, Italy.
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Le A, Vesia M, Yan X, Crawford JD, Niemeier M. Parietal area BA7 integrates motor programs for reaching, grasping, and bimanual coordination. J Neurophysiol 2017; 117:624-636. [PMID: 27832593 PMCID: PMC5288481 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00299.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Skillful interaction with the world requires that the brain uses a multitude of sensorimotor programs and subroutines, such as for reaching, grasping, and the coordination of the two body halves. However, it is unclear how these programs operate together. Networks for reaching, grasping, and bimanual coordination might converge in common brain areas. For example, Brodmann area 7 (BA7) is known to activate in disparate tasks involving the three types of movements separately. Here, we asked whether BA7 plays a key role in integrating coordinated reach-to-grasp movements for both arms together. To test this, we applied transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to disrupt BA7 activity in the left and right hemispheres, while human participants performed a bimanual size-perturbation grasping task using the index and middle fingers of both hands to grasp a rectangular object whose orientation (and thus grasp-relevant width dimension) might or might not change. We found that TMS of the right BA7 during object perturbation disrupted the bimanual grasp and transport/coordination components, and TMS over the left BA7 disrupted unimanual grasps. These results show that right BA7 is causally involved in the integration of reach-to-grasp movements of the two arms. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Our manuscript describes a role of human Brodmann area 7 (BA7) in the integration of multiple visuomotor programs for reaching, grasping, and bimanual coordination. Our results are the first to suggest that right BA7 is critically involved in the coordination of reach-to-grasp movements of the two arms. The results complement previous reports of right-hemisphere lateralization for bimanual grasps.
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- Ada Le
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Neurology and Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Neuroscience Graduate Diploma Program and Departments of Psychology, Biology, and Kinesiology & Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
- Canadian Action and Perception Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Coordinative task difficulty and behavioural errors are associated with increased long-range beta band synchronization. Neuroimage 2017; 146:883-893. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Floris DL, Barber AD, Nebel MB, Martinelli M, Lai MC, Crocetti D, Baron-Cohen S, Suckling J, Pekar JJ, Mostofsky SH. Atypical lateralization of motor circuit functional connectivity in children with autism is associated with motor deficits. Mol Autism 2016; 7:35. [PMID: 27429731 PMCID: PMC4946094 DOI: 10.1186/s13229-016-0096-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Atypical lateralization of language-related functions has been repeatedly found in individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). Few studies have, however, investigated deviations from typically occurring asymmetry of other lateralized cognitive and behavioural domains. Motor deficits are among the earliest and most prominent symptoms in individuals with ASC and precede core social and communicative symptoms. Methods Here, we investigate whether motor circuit connectivity is (1) atypically lateralized in children with ASC and (2) whether this relates to core autistic symptoms and motor performance. Participants comprised 44 right-handed high-functioning children with autism (36 males, 8 females) and 80 typically developing control children (58 males, 22 females) matched on age, sex and performance IQ. We examined lateralization of functional motor circuit connectivity based on homotopic seeds derived from peak activations during a finger tapping paradigm. Motor performance was assessed using the Physical and Neurological Examination for Subtle Signs (PANESS). Results Children with ASC showed rightward lateralization in mean motor circuit connectivity compared to typically developing children, and this was associated with poorer performance on all three PANESS measures. Conclusions Our findings reveal that atypical lateralization in ASC is not restricted to language functions but is also present in circuits subserving motor functions and may underlie motor deficits in children with ASC. Future studies should investigate whether this is an age-invariant finding extending to adolescents and adults and whether these asymmetries relate to atypical lateralization in the language domain. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13229-016-0096-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Dorothea L Floris
- Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Child Study Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY USA
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- Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ; Child, Youth and Family Services, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada ; Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ; National Institute of Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK ; Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ; National Institute of Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK ; Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ; Brain Mapping Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, USA ; Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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Osumi M, Ichinose A, Sumitani M, Wake N, Sano Y, Yozu A, Kumagaya S, Kuniyoshi Y, Morioka S. Restoring movement representation and alleviating phantom limb pain through short-term neurorehabilitation with a virtual reality system. Eur J Pain 2016; 21:140-147. [DOI: 10.1002/ejp.910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- M. Osumi
- Neurorehabilitation Research Center; Kio University; Nara Japan
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- Intelligent Systems and Informatics Laboratory; Department of Mechano-Informatics; Graduate School of Information Science and Technology; The University of Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Pain and Palliative Medicine; The University of Tokyo Hospital; Japan
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- Intelligent Systems and Informatics Laboratory; Department of Mechano-Informatics; Graduate School of Information Science and Technology; The University of Tokyo; Japan
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- Intelligent Systems and Informatics Laboratory; Department of Mechano-Informatics; Graduate School of Information Science and Technology; The University of Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Graduate School of Medicine; The University of Tokyo; Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology; The University of Tokyo; Japan
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- Intelligent Systems and Informatics Laboratory; Department of Mechano-Informatics; Graduate School of Information Science and Technology; The University of Tokyo; Japan
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- Neurorehabilitation Research Center; Kio University; Nara Japan
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Pia L, Garbarini F, Fossataro C, Burin D, Berti A. Sensing the body, representing the body: Evidence from a neurologically based delusion of body ownership. Cogn Neuropsychol 2016; 33:112-9. [DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2016.1185404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Trotta N, Archambaud F, Goldman S, Baete K, Van Laere K, Wens V, Van Bogaert P, Chiron C, De Tiège X. Functional integration changes in regional brain glucose metabolism from childhood to adulthood. Hum Brain Mapp 2016; 37:3017-30. [PMID: 27133021 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the age-related changes in resting-state neurometabolic connectivity from childhood to adulthood (6-50 years old). Fifty-four healthy adult subjects and twenty-three pseudo-healthy children underwent [(18) F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography at rest. Using statistical parametric mapping (SPM8), age and age squared were first used as covariate of interest to identify linear and non-linear age effects on the regional distribution of glucose metabolism throughout the brain. Then, by selecting voxels of interest (VOI) within the regions showing significant age-related metabolic changes, a psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analysis was used to search for age-induced changes in the contribution of VOIs to the metabolic activity in other brain areas. Significant linear or non-linear age-related changes in regional glucose metabolism were found in prefrontal cortices (DMPFC/ACC), cerebellar lobules, and thalamo-hippocampal areas bilaterally. Decreases were found in the contribution of thalamic, hippocampal, and cerebellar regions to DMPFC/ACC metabolic activity as well as in the contribution of hippocampi to preSMA and right IFG metabolic activities. Increases were found in the contribution of the right hippocampus to insular cortex and of the cerebellar lobule IX to superior parietal cortex metabolic activities. This study evidences significant linear or non-linear age-related changes in regional glucose metabolism of mesial prefrontal, thalamic, mesiotemporal, and cerebellar areas, associated with significant modifications in neurometabolic connectivity involving fronto-thalamic, fronto-hippocampal, and fronto-cerebellar networks. These changes in functional brain integration likely represent a metabolic correlate of age-dependent effects on sensory, motor, and high-level cognitive functional networks. Hum Brain Mapp 37:3017-3030, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Nicola Trotta
- Laboratoire de Cartographie fonctionnelle du Cerveau (LCFC) - ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Cartographie fonctionnelle du Cerveau (LCFC) - ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Cartographie fonctionnelle du Cerveau (LCFC) - ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Cartographie fonctionnelle du Cerveau (LCFC) - ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Cartographie fonctionnelle du Cerveau (LCFC) - ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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Garbarini F, Mastropasqua A, Sigaudo M, Rabuffetti M, Piedimonte A, Pia L, Rocca P. Abnormal Sense of Agency in Patients with Schizophrenia: Evidence from Bimanual Coupling Paradigm. Front Behav Neurosci 2016; 10:43. [PMID: 27014005 PMCID: PMC4783405 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A fruitful approach to the understanding the human awareness of action is the study of those pathologies in which some aspects of it are altered. Previous evidences showed that patients with schizophrenia tend to attribute someone else’ actions to their own, as internally, rather than externally, generated. Here, we asked whether schizophrenics have an “excessive” sense of agency, while observing others’ movements. We took advantage from the circles-lines task, known to show bimanual interferences. Twenty schizophrenics and 20 age-matched healthy controls were administered: (a) the bimanual version of the task: drawing lines with one hand and circles with the other; and (b) a modified version: drawing lines while observing the examiner drawing circles. In the bimanual version, patients and controls showed a comparable interference effect. In the observation version, schizophrenics, compared to controls, showed a significantly greater interference effect of the examiners’ hand drawing circles on the own hand drawing lines. This effect was significantly correlated to the strength of the positive symptoms (hallucinations and delusions) and to the alteration of the sense of agency, reported during the task. These findings suggest that an altered sense of agency, as shown by schizophrenics, can induce objective consequences on the motor system.
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- Francesca Garbarini
- SAMBA (SpAtial, Motor and Bodily Awareness) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Torino Torino, Italy
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- SAMBA (SpAtial, Motor and Bodily Awareness) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Torino Torino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatric Section, University of Turin, SSCVD Turin, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Technology, IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation Milan, Italy
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- SAMBA (SpAtial, Motor and Bodily Awareness) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Torino Torino, Italy
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- SAMBA (SpAtial, Motor and Bodily Awareness) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of TorinoTorino, Italy; Neuroscience Institute of Turin (NIT), University of TurinTurin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatric Section, University of Turin, SSCVDTurin, Italy; Neuroscience Institute of Turin (NIT), University of TurinTurin, Italy
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Kagerer F. Nondominant-to-dominant hand interference in bimanual movements is facilitated by gradual visuomotor perturbation. Neuroscience 2016; 318:94-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Garbarini F, Turella L, Rabuffetti M, Cantagallo A, Piedimonte A, Fainardi E, Berti A, Fadiga L. Bimanual non-congruent actions in motor neglect syndrome: a combined behavioral/fMRI study. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:541. [PMID: 26500520 PMCID: PMC4594496 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In Motor Neglect (MN) syndrome, a specific impairment in non-congruent bimanual movements has been described. In the present case-control study, we investigated the neuro-functional correlates of this behavioral deficit. Two right-brain-damaged (RBD) patients, one with (MN+) and one without (MN−) MN, were evaluated by means of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in a bimanual Circles-Lines (CL) paradigm. Patients were requested to perform right-hand movements (lines-drawing) and, simultaneously, congruent (lines-drawing) or non-congruent (circles-drawing) left-hand movements. In the behavioral task, MN− patient showed a bimanual-coupling-effect, while MN+ patient did not. The fMRI study showed that in MN−, a fronto-parietal network, mainly involving the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) and the posterior parietal cortex (PPC), was significantly more active in non-congruent than in congruent conditions, as previously shown in healthy subjects. On the contrary, MN+ patient showed an opposite pattern of activation both in pre-SMA and in PPC. Within this fronto-parietal network, the pre-SMA is supposed to exert an inhibitory influence on the default coupling of homologous muscles, thus allowing the execution of non-congruent movements. In MN syndrome, the described abnormal pre-SMA activity supports the hypothesis that a failure to inhibit ipsilesional motor programs might determine a specific impairment of non-congruent movements.
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- F Garbarini
- SAMBA (SpAtial, Motor and Bodily Awareness) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Turin Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) Genova, Italy ; Center for Mind/Brain (CIMeC), University of Trento Trento, Italy
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- Biomedical Technology Department, IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation Milano, Italy
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- SAMBA (SpAtial, Motor and Bodily Awareness) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Turin Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology Unit, Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Ferrara, Italy
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- SAMBA (SpAtial, Motor and Bodily Awareness) Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Turin Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) Genova, Italy ; Section of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara Ferrara, Italy
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Osumi M, Sumitani M, Wake N, Sano Y, Ichinose A, Kumagaya SI, Kuniyoshi Y, Morioka S. Structured movement representations of a phantom limb associated with phantom limb pain. Neurosci Lett 2015; 605:7-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hoogkamer W, Bruijn SM, Sunaert S, Swinnen SP, Van Calenbergh F, Duysens J. Adaptation and aftereffects of split-belt walking in cerebellar lesion patients. J Neurophysiol 2015. [PMID: 26203113 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00936.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To walk efficiently and stably on different surfaces under various constrained conditions, humans need to adapt their gait pattern substantially. Although the mechanisms behind locomotor adaptation are still not fully understood, the cerebellum is thought to play an important role. In this study we aimed to address the specific localization of cerebellar involvement in split-belt adaptation by comparing performance in patients with stable focal lesions after cerebellar tumor resection and in healthy controls. We observed that changes in symmetry of those parameters that were most closely related to interlimb coordination (such as step length and relative double stance time) were similar between healthy controls and cerebellar patients during and after split-belt walking. In contrast, relative stance times (proportions of stance in the gait cycle) were more asymmetric for the patient group than for the control group during the early phase of the post-split-belt condition. Patients who walked with more asymmetric relative stance times were more likely to demonstrate lesions in vermal lobules VI and Crus II. These results confirm that deficits in gait adaptation vary with ataxia severity and between patients with different types of cerebellar damage.
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- Wouter Hoogkamer
- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China; MOVE Research Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Biomechatronics Lab, Mechatronics Department, Escola Politécnica, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Evolution of cerebral cortico-cortical communication during visuomotor adaptation to a cognitive-motor executive challenge. Biol Psychol 2014; 105:51-65. [PMID: 25530479 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cortical dynamics were examined during a cognitive-motor adaptation task that required inhibition of a familiar motor plan. EEG coherence between the motor planning (Fz) and left hemispheric region was progressively reduced over trials (low-beta, high-beta, gamma bands) along with faster, straighter reaching movements during both planning and execution. The major reduction in coherence (delta, low/high-theta, low/high-alpha bands) between Fz and the left prefrontal region during both movement planning and execution suggests gradual disengagement of frontal executive following its initial role in the suppression of established visuomotor maps. Also, change in the directionality of phase lags (delta, high-alpha, high-beta, gamma bands) reflects a progressive shift from feedback to feedforward motor control. The reduction of cortico-cortical communication, particularly in the frontal region, and the strategic feedback/feedforward mode shift translated as higher quality motor performance. This study extends our understanding of the role of frontal executive beyond purely cognitive tasks to cognitive-motor tasks.
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Wang J, Yang Y, Fan L, Xu J, Li C, Liu Y, Fox PT, Eickhoff SB, Yu C, Jiang T. Convergent functional architecture of the superior parietal lobule unraveled with multimodal neuroimaging approaches. Hum Brain Mapp 2014; 36:238-57. [PMID: 25181023 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The superior parietal lobule (SPL) plays a pivotal role in many cognitive, perceptive, and motor-related processes. This implies that a mosaic of distinct functional and structural subregions may exist in this area. Recent studies have demonstrated that the ongoing spontaneous fluctuations in the brain at rest are highly structured and, like coactivation patterns, reflect the integration of cortical locations into long-distance networks. This suggests that the internal differentiation of a complex brain region may be revealed by interaction patterns that are reflected in different neuroimaging modalities. On the basis of this perspective, we aimed to identify a convergent functional organization of the SPL using multimodal neuroimaging approaches. The SPL was first parcellated based on its structural connections as well as on its resting-state connectivity and coactivation patterns. Then, post hoc functional characterizations and connectivity analyses were performed for each subregion. The three types of connectivity-based parcellations consistently identified five subregions in the SPL of each hemisphere. The two anterior subregions were found to be primarily involved in action processes and in visually guided visuomotor functions, whereas the three posterior subregions were primarily associated with visual perception, spatial cognition, reasoning, working memory, and attention. This parcellation scheme for the SPL was further supported by revealing distinct connectivity patterns for each subregion in all the used modalities. These results thus indicate a convergent functional architecture of the SPL that can be revealed based on different types of connectivity and is reflected by different functions and interactions.
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- Jiaojian Wang
- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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Solesio‐Jofre E, Serbruyns L, Woolley DG, Mantini D, Beets IAM, Swinnen SP. Aging effects on the resting state motor network and interlimb coordination. Hum Brain Mapp 2014; 35:3945-61. [PMID: 24453170 PMCID: PMC6869293 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Both increases and decreases in resting state functional connectivity have been previously observed within the motor network during aging. Moreover, the relationship between altered functional connectivity and age-related declines in bimanual coordination remains unclear. Here, we explored the developmental dynamics of the resting brain within a task-specific motor network in a sample of 128 healthy participants, aged 18-80 years. We found that age-related increases in functional connectivity between interhemispheric dorsal and ventral premotor areas were associated with poorer performance on a novel bimanual visuomotor task. Additionally, a control analysis performed on the default mode network confirmed that our age-related increases in functional connectivity were specific to the motor system. Our findings suggest that increases in functional connectivity within the resting state motor network with aging reflect a loss of functional specialization that may not only occur in the active brain but also in the resting brain.
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- Elena Solesio‐Jofre
- Motor Control LaboratoryMovement Control and Neuroplasticity Research GroupKU Leuven, Tervuurse Vest 1013001LeuvenBelgium
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- Motor Control LaboratoryMovement Control and Neuroplasticity Research GroupKU Leuven, Tervuurse Vest 1013001LeuvenBelgium
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- Motor Control LaboratoryMovement Control and Neuroplasticity Research GroupKU Leuven, Tervuurse Vest 1013001LeuvenBelgium
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- Department of Health Sciences and TechnologyETH ZurichWinterthurerstrasse 1908057ZurichSwitzerland
- Department of Experimental PsychologyUniversity of Oxford9 South Parks Road, OX1 3UD OxfordUnited Kingdom
- Laboratory for Neuro‐ and PsychophysiologyDepartment of NeurosciencesKU Leuven, Herestraat 493000LeuvenBelgium
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- Motor Control LaboratoryMovement Control and Neuroplasticity Research GroupKU Leuven, Tervuurse Vest 1013001LeuvenBelgium
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- Motor Control LaboratoryMovement Control and Neuroplasticity Research GroupKU Leuven, Tervuurse Vest 1013001LeuvenBelgium
- Leuven Research Institute for Neuroscience & Disease (LIND)KU LeuvenBelgium
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van der Hoorn A, Potgieser ARE, de Jong BM. Transcallosal connection patterns of opposite dorsal premotor regions support a lateralized specialization for action and perception. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 40:2980-6. [PMID: 24945328 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lateralization of higher brain functions requires that a dominant hemisphere collects relevant information from both sides. The right dorsal premotor cortex (PMd), particularly implicated in visuomotor transformations, was hypothesized to be optimally located to converge visuospatial information from both hemispheres for goal-directed movement. This was assessed by probabilistic tractography and a novel analysis enabling group comparisons of whole-brain connectivity distributions of the left and right PMd in standard space (16 human subjects). The resulting dominance of contralateral PMd connections was characterized by right PMd connections with left visual and parietal areas, indeed supporting a dominant role in visuomotor transformations, while the left PMd showed dominant contralateral connections with the frontal lobe. Ipsilateral right PMd connections were also stronger with posterior parietal regions, relative to the left PMd connections, while ipsilateral connections of the left PMd were stronger with, particularly, the anterior cingulate, the ventral premotor and anterior parietal cortex. The pattern of dominant right PMd connections thus points to a specific role in guiding perceptual information into the motor system, while the left PMd connections are consistent with action dominance based on a lead in motor intention and fine precision skills.
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- Anouk van der Hoorn
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700, RB Groningen, The Netherlands; Neuroimaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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The motor preparation of directionally incompatible movements. Neuroimage 2014; 91:33-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Gooijers J, Swinnen SP. Interactions between brain structure and behavior: the corpus callosum and bimanual coordination. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2014; 43:1-19. [PMID: 24661987 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bimanual coordination skills are required for countless everyday activities, such as typing, preparing food, and driving. The corpus callosum (CC) is the major collection of white matter bundles connecting both hemispheres that enables the coordination between the two sides of the body. Principal evidence for this brain-behavior relationship in humans was first provided by research on callosotomy patients, showing that sectioning (parts of) the CC affected interactions between both hands directly. Later, new noninvasive in vivo imaging techniques, such as diffusion tensor imaging, have energized the study of the link between microstructural properties of the CC and bimanual performance in normal volunteers. Here we discuss the principal factors (such as age, pathology and training) that mediate the relationship between specific bimanual functions and distinct anatomical CC subdivisions. More specifically, the question is whether different bimanual task characteristics can be mapped onto functionally distinct CC subregions. We review the current status of this mapping endeavor, and propose future perspectives to inspire research on this unique link between brain structure and behavior.
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- J Gooijers
- KU Leuven, Department of Kinesiology, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Tervuursevest 101, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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- KU Leuven, Department of Kinesiology, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Tervuursevest 101, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven Research Institute for Neuroscience & Disease (LIND), Belgium.
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Beets IAM, Gooijers J, Boisgontier MP, Pauwels L, Coxon JP, Wittenberg G, Swinnen SP. Reduced Neural Differentiation Between Feedback Conditions After Bimanual Coordination Training with and without Augmented Visual Feedback. Cereb Cortex 2014; 25:1958-69. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Long-term intensive training induced brain structural changes in world class gymnasts. Brain Struct Funct 2013; 220:625-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0677-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Garbarini F, Pia L. Bimanual coupling paradigm as an effective tool to investigate productive behaviors in motor and body awareness impairments. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:737. [PMID: 24204339 PMCID: PMC3817803 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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When humans move simultaneously both hands strong coupling effects arise and neither of the two hands is able to perform independent actions. It has been suggested that such motor constraints are tightly linked to action representation rather than to movement execution. Hence, bimanual tasks can represent an ideal experimental tool to investigate internal motor representations in those neurological conditions in which the movement of one hand is impaired. Indeed, any effect on the “moving” (healthy) hand would be caused by the constraints imposed by the ongoing motor program of the ‘impaired’ hand. Here, we review recent studies that successfully utilized the above-mentioned paradigms to investigate some types of productive motor behaviors in stroke patients. Specifically, bimanual tasks have been employed in left hemiplegic patients who report illusory movements of their contralesional limbs (anosognosia for hemiplegia). They have also been administered to patients affected by a specific monothematic delusion of body ownership, namely the belief that another person’s arm and his/her voluntary action belong to them. In summary, the reviewed studies show that bimanual tasks are a simple and valuable experimental method apt to reveal information about the motor programs of a paralyzed limb. Therefore, it can be used to objectively examine the cognitive processes underpinning motor programming in patients with different delusions of motor behavior. Additionally, it also sheds light on the mechanisms subserving bimanual coordination in the intact brain suggesting that action representation might be sufficient to produce these effects.
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Drawing lines while imagining circles: Neural basis of the bimanual coupling effect during motor execution and motor imagery. Neuroimage 2013; 88:100-12. [PMID: 24188808 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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When people simultaneously draw lines with one hand and circles with the other hand, both trajectories tend to assume an oval shape, showing that hand motor programs interact (the so-called "bimanual coupling effect"). The aim of the present study was to investigate how motor parameters (drawing trajectories) and the related brain activity vary during bimanual movements both in real execution and in motor imagery tasks. In the 'Real' modality, subjects performed right hand movements (lines) and, simultaneously, Congruent (lines) or Non-congruent (circles) left hand movements. In the 'Imagery' modality, subjects performed only right hand movements (lines) and, simultaneously, imagined Congruent (lines) or Non-congruent (circles) left hand movements. Behavioral results showed a similar interference of both the real and the imagined circles on the actually executed lines, suggesting that the coupling effect also pertains to motor imagery. Neuroimaging results showed that a prefrontal-parietal network, mostly involving the pre-Supplementary Motor Area (pre-SMA) and the posterior parietal cortex (PPC), was significantly more active in Non-congruent than in Congruent conditions, irrespective of task (Real or Imagery). The data also confirmed specific roles of the right superior parietal lobe (SPL) in mediating spatial interference, and of the left PPC in motor imagery. Collectively, these findings suggest that real and imagined Non-congruent movements activate common circuits related to the intentional and predictive operation generating bimanual coupling, in which the pre-SMA and the PPC play a crucial role.
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Garbarini F, Pia L, Piedimonte A, Rabuffetti M, Gindri P, Berti A. Embodiment of an alien hand interferes with intact-hand movements. Curr Biol 2013; 23:R57-8. [PMID: 23347936 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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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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Left visual field preference for a bimanual grasping task with ecologically valid object sizes. Exp Brain Res 2013; 230:187-96. [PMID: 23857170 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3643-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Grasping using two forelimbs in opposition to one another is evolutionary older than the hand with an opposable thumb (Whishaw and Coles in Behav Brain Res 77:135-148, 1996); yet, the mechanisms for bimanual grasps remain unclear. Similar to unimanual grasping, the localization of matching stable grasp points on an object is computationally expensive and so it makes sense for the signals to converge in a single cortical hemisphere. Indeed, bimanual grasps are faster and more accurate in the left visual field, and are disrupted if there is transcranial stimulation of the right hemisphere (Le and Niemeier in Exp Brain Res 224:263-273, 2013; Le et al. in Cereb Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bht115, 2013). However, research so far has tested the right hemisphere dominance based on small objects only, which are usually grasped with one hand, whereas bimanual grasping is more commonly used for objects that are too big for a single hand. Because grasping large objects might involve different neural circuits than grasping small objects (Grol et al. in J Neurosci 27:11877-11887, 2007), here we tested whether a left visual field/right hemisphere dominance for bimanual grasping exists with large and thus more ecologically valid objects or whether the right hemisphere dominance is a function of object size. We asked participants to fixate to the left or right of an object and to grasp the object with the index and middle fingers of both hands. Consistent with previous observations, we found that for objects in the left visual field, the maximum grip apertures were scaled closer to the object width and were smaller and less variable, than for objects in the right visual field. Our results demonstrate that bimanual grasping is predominantly controlled by the right hemisphere, even in the context of grasping larger objects.
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Hoeren M, Kaller CP, Glauche V, Vry MS, Rijntjes M, Hamzei F, Weiller C. Action semantics and movement characteristics engage distinct processing streams during the observation of tool use. Exp Brain Res 2013; 229:243-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3610-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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