論文

2021年1月27日

Stimulus Intervals Modulate the Balance of Brain Activity in the Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex: An ERP Study

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
  • Yang Liu
  • ,
  • Bo Dong
  • ,
  • Jiajia Yang
  • ,
  • Yoshimichi Ejima
  • ,
  • Jinglong Wu
  • ,
  • Qiong Wu
  • ,
  • Ming Zhang

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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3389/fninf.2020.571369
出版者・発行元
Frontiers Media SA

Neuronal excitation and inhibition occur in the brain at the same time, and brain activation reflects changes in the sum of excitation and inhibition. This principle has been well-established in lower-level sensory systems, including vision and touch, based on animal studies. However, it is unclear how the somatosensory system processes the balance between excitation and inhibition. In the present ERP study, we modified the traditional spatial attention paradigm by adding double stimuli presentations at short intervals (i.e., 10, 30, and 100 ms). Seventeen subjects participated in the experiment. Five types of stimulation were used in the experiment: a single stimulus (one raised pin for 40 ms), standard stimulus (eight pins for 40 ms), and double stimuli presented at intervals of 10, 30, and 100 ms. The subjects were asked to attend to a particular finger and detect whether the standard stimulus was presented to that finger. The results showed a clear attention-related ERP component in the single stimulus condition, but the suppression components associated with the three interval conditions seemed to be dominant in somatosensory areas. In particular, we found the strongest suppression effect in the ISI-30 condition (interval of 30 ms) and that the suppression and enhancement effects seemed to be counterbalanced in both the ISI-10 and ISI-100 conditions (intervals of 10 and 100 ms, respectively). This type of processing may allow humans to easily discriminate between multiple stimuli on the same body part.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2020.571369
URL
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fninf.2020.571369/full
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3389/fninf.2020.571369
  • eISSN : 1662-5196

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