Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery
When we interact with the environment around us, we are sometimes active participants, making directed physical motor movements and other times only mentally engaging with our environment, taking in sensory information and internally planning our next move without directed physical movement. Traditi...
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| author | Julia U. Henschke Julia U. Henschke Janelle M. P. Pakan Janelle M. P. Pakan Janelle M. P. Pakan |
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| description | When we interact with the environment around us, we are sometimes active participants, making directed physical motor movements and other times only mentally engaging with our environment, taking in sensory information and internally planning our next move without directed physical movement. Traditionally, cortical motor regions and key subcortical structures such as the cerebellum have been tightly linked to motor initiation, coordination, and directed motor behavior. However, recent neuroimaging studies have noted the activation of the cerebellum and wider cortical networks specifically during various forms of motor processing, including the observations of actions and mental rehearsal of movements through motor imagery. This phenomenon of cognitive engagement of traditional motor networks raises the question of how these brain regions are involved in the initiation of movement without physical motor output. Here, we will review evidence for distributed brain network activation during motor execution, observation, and imagery in human neuroimaging studies as well as the potential for cerebellar involvement specifically in motor-related cognition. Converging evidence suggests that a common global brain network is involved in both movement execution and motor observation or imagery, with specific task-dependent shifts in these global activation patterns. We will further discuss underlying cross-species anatomical support for these cognitive motor-related functions as well as the role of cerebrocerebellar communication during action observation and motor imagery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b44f24e1c0534ff98ac625961bf152622023-04-11T04:41:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience1662-51372023-04-011710.3389/fnsys.2023.11653071165307Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imageryJulia U. Henschke0Julia U. Henschke1Janelle M. P. Pakan2Janelle M. P. Pakan3Janelle M. P. Pakan4Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, GermanyGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg, GermanyInstitute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, GermanyGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg, GermanyCenter for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz, Magdeburg, GermanyWhen we interact with the environment around us, we are sometimes active participants, making directed physical motor movements and other times only mentally engaging with our environment, taking in sensory information and internally planning our next move without directed physical movement. Traditionally, cortical motor regions and key subcortical structures such as the cerebellum have been tightly linked to motor initiation, coordination, and directed motor behavior. However, recent neuroimaging studies have noted the activation of the cerebellum and wider cortical networks specifically during various forms of motor processing, including the observations of actions and mental rehearsal of movements through motor imagery. This phenomenon of cognitive engagement of traditional motor networks raises the question of how these brain regions are involved in the initiation of movement without physical motor output. Here, we will review evidence for distributed brain network activation during motor execution, observation, and imagery in human neuroimaging studies as well as the potential for cerebellar involvement specifically in motor-related cognition. Converging evidence suggests that a common global brain network is involved in both movement execution and motor observation or imagery, with specific task-dependent shifts in these global activation patterns. We will further discuss underlying cross-species anatomical support for these cognitive motor-related functions as well as the role of cerebrocerebellar communication during action observation and motor imagery.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2023.1165307/fullmotor imagerycerebrocerebellarneuroimagingmotor networkaction observationmotor execution |
| spellingShingle | Julia U. Henschke Julia U. Henschke Janelle M. P. Pakan Janelle M. P. Pakan Janelle M. P. Pakan Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience motor imagery cerebrocerebellar neuroimaging motor network action observation motor execution |
| title | Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery |
| title_full | Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery |
| title_fullStr | Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery |
| title_short | Engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution, observation, and imagery |
| title_sort | engaging distributed cortical and cerebellar networks through motor execution observation and imagery |
| topic | motor imagery cerebrocerebellar neuroimaging motor network action observation motor execution |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2023.1165307/full |
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