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Wolsh CC, Brown RM, Brown AR, Pratt GA, Boychuk JA. Extensive complex neocortical movement topography devolves to simple output following experimental stroke in mice. Front Syst Neurosci 2023; 17:1162664. [PMID: 37350800 PMCID: PMC10282139 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2023.1162664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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The neocortex encodes complex and simple motor outputs in all mammalian species that have been tested. Given that changes in neocortical reorganization (and corresponding corticospinal output) have been implicated in long term motor recovery after stroke injury, there remains a need to understand this biology in order to expedite and optimize clinical care. Here, changes in the neocortical topography of complex and simple movement outputs were evaluated in mice following experimental middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). Neocortical motor output was defined using long-duration parameters of intracortical microstimulation (LD-ICMS) based on area and spatial coordinates of separate motor output types to build upon our recent report in uninjured mice. LD-ICMS test sites that elicited complex (multi-joint) movement, simple (single skeletal joint) movement, as well as co-elicited FORELIMB + HINDLIMB responses were detected and recorded. Forelimb reaching behavior was assessed using the single pellet reaching (SPR) task. At 6 weeks post-surgery, behavioral deficits persisted and neocortical territories for separate movements exhibited differences in neocortical area, and spatial location, and differed between MCAo-Injured animals (i.e., the MCAo group) and Sham-Injured animals (i.e., the Control group). MCAo-Injury reduced neocortical area of complex movements while increasing area of simple movements. Limited effects of injury were detected for spatial coordinates of neocortical movements. Significant positive correlations were detected between final SPR performance and either area of complex retract or area of co-occurring FORELIMB + HINDLIMB sites.
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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Brown AR, Mitra S, Teskey GC, Boychuk JA. Complex forelimb movements and cortical topography evoked by intracortical microstimulation in male and female mice. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:1866-1875. [PMID: 35511684 PMCID: PMC9977357 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The motor cortex is crucial for the voluntary control of skilled movement in mammals and is topographically organized into representations of the body (motor maps). Intracortical microstimulation of the motor cortex with long-duration pulse trains (LD-ICMS; ~500 ms) evokes complex movements, occurring in multiple joints or axial muscles, with characteristic movement postures and cortical topography across a variety of mammalian species. Although the laboratory mouse is extensively used in basic and pre-clinical research, high-resolution motor maps elicited with electrical LD-ICMS in both sexes of the adult mouse has yet to be reported. To address this knowledge gap, we performed LD-ICMS of the forelimb motor cortex in both male (n = 10) and naturally cycling female (n = 8) C57/BL6J mice under light ketamine-xylazine anesthesia. Complex and simple movements were evoked from historically defined caudal (CFA) and rostral (RFA) forelimb areas. Four complex forelimb movements were identified consisting of Elevate, Advance, Dig, and Retract postures with characteristic movement sequences and endpoints. Furthermore, evoked complex forelimb movements and cortical topography in mice were organized within the CFA in a unique manner relative to a qualitative comparison with the rat.
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- Andrew R Brown
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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- Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.,Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Powell H, Winkel M, Hopp AV, Linde H. A hybrid biological neural network model for solving problems in cognitive planning. Sci Rep 2022; 12:10628. [PMID: 35739285 PMCID: PMC9226121 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11567-0] [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: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A variety of behaviors, like spatial navigation or bodily motion, can be formulated as graph traversal problems through cognitive maps. We present a neural network model which can solve such tasks and is compatible with a broad range of empirical findings about the mammalian neocortex and hippocampus. The neurons and synaptic connections in the model represent structures that can result from self-organization into a cognitive map via Hebbian learning, i.e. into a graph in which each neuron represents a point of some abstract task-relevant manifold and the recurrent connections encode a distance metric on the manifold. Graph traversal problems are solved by wave-like activation patterns which travel through the recurrent network and guide a localized peak of activity onto a path from some starting position to a target state.
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- Henry Powell
- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. .,University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
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- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.,Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Singleton AC, Brown AR, Teskey GC. Development and plasticity of complex movement representations. J Neurophysiol 2021; 125:628-637. [PMID: 33471611 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00531.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mammalian motor cortex is topographically organized into representations of discrete body parts (motor maps). Studies in adult rats using long-duration intracortical microstimulation (LD-ICMS) reveal that forelimb motor cortex is functionally organized into several spatially distinct areas encoding complex, multijoint movement sequences: elevate, advance, grasp, and retract. The topographical arrangement of complex movements during development and the influence of skilled learning are unknown. Here, we determined the emergence and topography of complex forelimb movement representations in rats between postnatal days (PND) 13 and 60. We further investigated the expression of the maps for complex movements under conditions of reduced cortical inhibition and whether skilled forelimb motor training could alter their developing topography. We report that simple forelimb movements are first evoked at PND 25 and are confined to the caudal forelimb area (CFA), whereas complex movements first reliably appear at PND 30 and are observed in both the caudal and rostral forelimb areas (RFA). During development, the topography of complex movement representations undergoes reorganization with "grasp" and "elevate" movements predominantly observed in the RFA and all four complex movements observed in CFA. Under reduced cortical inhibition, simple and complex movements were first observed in the CFA on PND 15 and 20, respectively, and the topography is altered relative to a saline control. Further, skilled motor learning was associated with increases in "grasp" and "retract" representations specific to the trained limb. Our results demonstrate that early-life motor experience during development can modify the topography of complex forelimb movement representations.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The motor cortex is topographically organized into maps of different body parts. We used to think that the function of motor cortex was to drive individual muscles, but more recently we have learned that it is also organized to make complex movements. However, the development and plasticity of those complex movements is completely unknown. In this paper, the emergence and topography of complex movement representation, as well as their plasticity during development, is detailed.
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- Anna C Singleton
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Latchoumane CFV, Barany DA, Karumbaiah L, Singh T. Neurostimulation and Reach-to-Grasp Function Recovery Following Acquired Brain Injury: Insight From Pre-clinical Rodent Models and Human Applications. Front Neurol 2020; 11:835. [PMID: 32849253 PMCID: PMC7396659 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Reach-to-grasp is an evolutionarily conserved motor function that is adversely impacted following stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation, are promising tools that could enhance functional recovery of reach-to-grasp post-brain injury. Though the rodent literature provides a causal understanding of post-injury recovery mechanisms, it has had a limited impact on NIBS protocols in human research. The high degree of homology in reach-to-grasp circuitry between humans and rodents further implies that the application of NIBS to brain injury could be better informed by findings from pre-clinical rodent models and neurorehabilitation research. Here, we provide an overview of the advantages and limitations of using rodent models to advance our current understanding of human reach-to-grasp function, cortical circuitry, and reorganization. We propose that a cross-species comparison of reach-to-grasp recovery could provide a mechanistic framework for clinically efficacious NIBS treatments that could elicit better functional outcomes for patients.
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- Charles-Francois V. Latchoumane
- Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
- Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
- Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Viaro R, Bonazzi L, Maggiolini E, Franchi G. Cerebellar Modulation of Cortically Evoked Complex Movements in Rats. Cereb Cortex 2018; 27:3525-3541. [PMID: 27329134 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) delivered to the motor cortex (M1) via long- or short-train duration (long- or short-duration ICMS) can evoke coordinated complex movements or muscle twitches, respectively. The role of subcortical cerebellar input in M1 output, in terms of long- and short-duration ICMS-evoked movement and motor skill performance, was evaluated in rats with bilateral lesion of the deep cerebellar nuclei. After the lesion, distal forelimb movements were seldom observed, and almost 30% of proximal forelimb movements failed to match criteria defining the movement class observed under control conditions. The classifiable movements could be evoked in different cortical regions with respect to control and many kinematic variables were strongly affected. Furthermore, movement endpoints within the rat's workspace shrunk closer to the body, while performance in the reaching/grasping task worsened. Surprisingly, neither the threshold current values for evoking movements nor the overall size of forelimb movement representation changed with respect to controls in either long- or short-duration ICMS. We therefore conclude that cerebellar input via the motor thalamus is crucial for expressing the basic functional features of the motor cortex.
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- Riccardo Viaro
- Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.,Center for Translational Neurophysiology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Center for Translational Neurophysiology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Ethological Action Maps: A Paradigm Shift for the Motor Cortex. Trends Cogn Sci 2016; 20:121-132. [PMID: 26628112 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2015] [Revised: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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