Real-time changes in corticospinal excitability related to motor imagery of a force control task

Tsuyoshi Tatemoto, Junko Tsuchiya, Atsuki Numata, Ryuji Osawa, Tomofumi Yamaguchi, Shigeo Tanabe, Kunitsugu Kondo, Yohei Otaka, Kenichi Sugawara

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Objective To investigate real-time excitability changes in corticospinal pathways related to motor imagery in a changing force control task, using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Methods Ten healthy volunteers learnt to control the contractile force of isometric right wrist dorsiflexion in order to track an on-screen sine wave form. Participants performed the trained task 40 times with actual muscle contraction in order to construct the motor image. They were then instructed to execute the task without actual muscle contraction, but by imagining contraction of the right wrist in dorsiflexion. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs), induced by TMS in the right extensor carpi radialis muscle (ECR) and flexor carpi radialis muscle (FCR), were measured during motor imagery. MEPs were induced at five time points: prior to imagery, during the gradual generation of the imaged wrist dorsiflexion (Increasing phase), the peak value of the sine wave, during the gradual reduction (Decreasing phase), and after completion of the task. The MEP ratio, as the ratio of imaged MEPs to resting-state, was compared between pre- and post-training at each time point. Results In the ECR muscle, the MEP ratio significantly increased during the Increasing phase and at the peak force of dorsiflexion imagery after training. Moreover, the MEP ratio was significantly greater in the Increasing phase than in the Decreasing phase. In the FCR, there were no significant consistent changes. Conclusion Corticospinal excitability during motor imagery in an isometric contraction task was modulated in relation to the phase of force control after image construction.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)185-190
ページ数6
ジャーナルBehavioural Brain Research
335
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 29-09-2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 行動神経科学

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