2013年11月
Role of posterior parietal cortex in reaching movements in humans: Clinical implication for 'optic ataxia'
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
- 巻
- 124
- 号
- 11
- 開始ページ
- 2230
- 終了ページ
- 2241
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.05.011
- 出版者・発行元
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Objective: To clarify the spatio-temporal profile of cortical activity related to reaching movement in the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) in humans.
Methods: Four patients with intractable partial epilepsy who underwent subdural electrode implantation were studied as a part of pre-surgical evaluation. We investigated the Bereitschaftspotential (BP) associated with reaching and correlated the findings with the effect of electrical stimulation of the same cortical area.
Results: BPs specific for reaching, as compared with BPs for simple movements by the hand or arm contralateral to the implanted hemisphere, were recognized in all patients, mainly around the intraparietal sulcus (IPS), the superior parietal lobule (SPL) and the precuneus. BPs near the IPS had the earlier onset than BPs in the SPL. Electrical stimulation of a part of the PPC, where the reach-specific BPs were recorded, selectively impaired reaching.
Conclusions: Intracranial BP recording and cortical electrical stimulation delineated human reach-related areas in the PPC. Significance: The present study for the first time by direct cortical recording in humans demonstrates that parts of the cortices around the IPS and SPL play a crucial role in visually-guided reaching. (C) 2013 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Methods: Four patients with intractable partial epilepsy who underwent subdural electrode implantation were studied as a part of pre-surgical evaluation. We investigated the Bereitschaftspotential (BP) associated with reaching and correlated the findings with the effect of electrical stimulation of the same cortical area.
Results: BPs specific for reaching, as compared with BPs for simple movements by the hand or arm contralateral to the implanted hemisphere, were recognized in all patients, mainly around the intraparietal sulcus (IPS), the superior parietal lobule (SPL) and the precuneus. BPs near the IPS had the earlier onset than BPs in the SPL. Electrical stimulation of a part of the PPC, where the reach-specific BPs were recorded, selectively impaired reaching.
Conclusions: Intracranial BP recording and cortical electrical stimulation delineated human reach-related areas in the PPC. Significance: The present study for the first time by direct cortical recording in humans demonstrates that parts of the cortices around the IPS and SPL play a crucial role in visually-guided reaching. (C) 2013 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.05.011
- ISSN : 1388-2457
- eISSN : 1872-8952
- PubMed ID : 23831168
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000325779800021