Neural circuits underlying motor facilitation during observation of implied motion

Autor: Mohomad Al Sawah, Eileen Chusid, Eugenio Aguglia, David Freedberg, Carmen Concerto, Carmenrita Infortuna, Fortunato Battaglia
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Somatosensory & Motor Research. 32:207-210
ISSN: 1369-1651
0899-0220
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2015.1048329
Popis: In the present study we used single and paired-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to evaluate the effect of implied motion on primary motor cortex microcircuits. We found that observation of the implied motion of a static image increases MEP amplitude and reduces short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI), without significant modulation of intracortical facilitation and sensory-motor integration. Our results add to the existing literature on the activation of the observation-execution matching system and describe a selective modulation of GABAergic cortical microcircuits during observation of implied motion.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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