論文

査読有り 最終著者 責任著者 国際誌
2022年10月

The relationships between motor behavior and sensory gating in the ball rotation task

Experimental Brain Research
  • Akaiwa M
  • ,
  • Matsuda Y
  • ,
  • Soma Y
  • ,
  • Shibata E
  • ,
  • Saito H
  • ,
  • Sasaki T
  • ,
  • Sugawara K

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開始ページ
2659
終了ページ
2666
記述言語
英語
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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s00221-022-06439-y

During voluntary muscle contraction, sensory information induced by electrostimulation of the nerves supplying the contracting muscle is inhibited and the amplitude of the corresponding somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) decreases. This phenomenon is called "gating." The reduction of the SEP amplitude is reportedly significantly larger when task performance is high. However, the relationship between dexterous movement skills and gating remains unclear. In this study, we investigated through a ball rotation (BR) task how dexterous movement skills affect the SEP amplitudes. Thirty healthy subjects performed the BR task comprising the rotation of two wooden balls as quickly as possible. We estimated the median number of ball rotations for each participant and classified the participants into two (fast and slow) groups based on the results. Moreover, we recorded SEPs, while the subjects performed BR tasks or rested. SEP amplitude reduction (P45) was significantly larger in the fast than in the slow group. We also observed that the P45 amplitude during the BR task was attenuated even more so in the case of the participants with better dexterous movement skills. Our results suggest that the participants with better dexterous movement skills might display stronger somatosensory information suppression because of increasing the motor cortex activity and the afferent input during the BR task.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-022-06439-y
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35951094
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s00221-022-06439-y
  • PubMed ID : 35951094

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