Motor resonance to non-visible postural adaptation: A novel aspect of the mirror mechanism.

Autor: Bolzoni F; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy., Montanari B; Physiotherapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS-, Rozzano Milan, Italy., Farinelli V; Human Physiology Section of the Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy., Adamo P; Physiotherapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS-, Rozzano Milan, Italy., Temporiti F; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.; Physiotherapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS-, Rozzano Milan, Italy., Marino G; Physiotherapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS-, Rozzano Milan, Italy., Fesce R; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy., Gatti R; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.; Physiotherapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS-, Rozzano Milan, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The European journal of neuroscience [Eur J Neurosci] 2023 Jul; Vol. 58 (2), pp. 2515-2522. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 15.
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16055
Abstrakt: The activation of the Mirror Neuron System (MNS) has been described to reflect visible movements, but not postural, non-visible, adaptations that accompany the observed movements. Since any motor act is the result of a well-tailored dialogue between these two components, we decided to investigate whether a motor resonance to nonvisible postural adaptations could be detected. Possible changes in soleus corticospinal excitability were investigated by eliciting the H-reflex during the observation of three videos, corresponding to three distinct experimental conditions: 'Chest pass', 'Standing' and 'Sitting', and comparing its size with that measured during observation of a control videoclip (a landscape). In the observed experimental conditions, the Soleus muscle has different postural roles: a dynamic role in postural adaptations during the Chest pass; a static role while Standing still; no role while Sitting. The H-reflex amplitude was significantly enhanced in the 'Chest pass' condition compared to the 'Sitting' and 'Standing' conditions. No significant difference was found between 'Sitting' and 'Standing' conditions. The increased corticospinal excitability of the Soleus during the 'Chest pass' condition suggests that the mirror mechanisms produce a resonance to postural components of an observed action, although they may not be visible. This observation highlights the fact that mirror mechanisms echo non intentional movements as well and points to a novel possible role of mirror neurons in motor recovery.
(© 2023 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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