Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest position
The vocal tract continuously employs tonic muscle activity in the maintenance of postural configurations. Gamma-band activity in the sensorimotor cortex underlies transient movements during speech production, yet little is known about the neural control of postural states in the vocal tract. Simulta...
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| description | The vocal tract continuously employs tonic muscle activity in the maintenance of postural configurations. Gamma-band activity in the sensorimotor cortex underlies transient movements during speech production, yet little is known about the neural control of postural states in the vocal tract. Simultaneously, there is evidence that sensorimotor beta-band activations contribute to a system of inhibition and state maintenance that is integral to postural control in the body. Here we use electrocorticography to assess the contribution of sensorimotor beta-band activity during speech articulation and postural maintenance, and demonstrate that beta-band activity corresponds to the inhibition of discrete speech movements and the maintenance of tonic postural states in the vocal tract. Our findings identify consistencies between the neural control of posture in speech and what is previously reported in gross motor contexts, providing support for a unified theory of postural control across gross and fine motor skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5dace1e72e964c15b31a0cf2db6d07ce2023-08-18T04:43:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612023-08-011710.3389/fnhum.2023.11395691139569Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest positionEric Easthope0Arian Shamei1Yadong Liu2Bryan Gick3Bryan Gick4Sidney Fels5Human Communication Technologies Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaIntegrated Speech Research Lab, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaIntegrated Speech Research Lab, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaIntegrated Speech Research Lab, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaHaskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, United StatesHuman Communication Technologies Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe vocal tract continuously employs tonic muscle activity in the maintenance of postural configurations. Gamma-band activity in the sensorimotor cortex underlies transient movements during speech production, yet little is known about the neural control of postural states in the vocal tract. Simultaneously, there is evidence that sensorimotor beta-band activations contribute to a system of inhibition and state maintenance that is integral to postural control in the body. Here we use electrocorticography to assess the contribution of sensorimotor beta-band activity during speech articulation and postural maintenance, and demonstrate that beta-band activity corresponds to the inhibition of discrete speech movements and the maintenance of tonic postural states in the vocal tract. Our findings identify consistencies between the neural control of posture in speech and what is previously reported in gross motor contexts, providing support for a unified theory of postural control across gross and fine motor skills.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1139569/fullsensorimotor betasensorimotor gammaspeech motor controlfine motor skillposturepostural control |
| spellingShingle | Eric Easthope Arian Shamei Yadong Liu Bryan Gick Bryan Gick Sidney Fels Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest position Frontiers in Human Neuroscience sensorimotor beta sensorimotor gamma speech motor control fine motor skill posture postural control |
| title | Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest position |
| title_full | Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest position |
| title_fullStr | Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest position |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest position |
| title_short | Cortical control of posture in fine motor skills: evidence from inter-utterance rest position |
| title_sort | cortical control of posture in fine motor skills evidence from inter utterance rest position |
| topic | sensorimotor beta sensorimotor gamma speech motor control fine motor skill posture postural control |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1139569/full |
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