Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS Study
Previous studies have indicated that corticocortical neural mechanisms differ during various grasping behaviors. However, the literature rarely considers corticocortical contributions to various imagined grasping behaviors. To address this question, we examine their mechanisms by transcranial magnet...
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| author | Houmin Wang Huixian Zheng Hanrui Wu Jinyi Long |
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| description | Previous studies have indicated that corticocortical neural mechanisms differ during various grasping behaviors. However, the literature rarely considers corticocortical contributions to various imagined grasping behaviors. To address this question, we examine their mechanisms by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) triggered when detecting event-related desynchronization during right-hand grasping behavior imagination through a brain-computer interface (BCI) system. Based on the BCI system, we designed two experiments. In Experiment 1, we explored differences in motor evoked potentials (MEPs) between power grip and resting conditions. In Experiment 2, we used the three TMS coil orientations (lateral-medial (LM), posterior-anterior (PA), and anterior-posterior (AP) directions) over the primary motor cortex to elicit MEPs during imagined index finger abduction, precision grip, and power grip. We found that larger MEP amplitudes and shorter latencies were obtained in imagined power grip than in resting. We also detected lower MEP amplitudes during imagined power grip, while MEP amplitudes remained similar across imagined precision grip and index finger abduction in each TMS coil orientation. Differences in AP-LM latency were longer when subjects imagined a power grip compared with precision grip and index finger abduction. Based on our results, higher cortical excitability may be achieved when humans imagine precision grip and index finger abduction. Our results suggests that higher cortical excitability may be achieved when humans imagine precision grip and index finger abduction. We also propose that preferential recruitment of late synaptic inputs to corticospinal neurons may occur when humans imagine a power grip. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6cf0cf8e6c749569dcee1dada8b22fe2023-06-13T20:10:10ZengIEEEIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering1558-02102023-01-013151952910.1109/TNSRE.2022.32275119980462Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS StudyHoumin Wang0Huixian Zheng1Hanrui Wu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3565-6635Jinyi Long3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6150-987XCollege of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaPrevious studies have indicated that corticocortical neural mechanisms differ during various grasping behaviors. However, the literature rarely considers corticocortical contributions to various imagined grasping behaviors. To address this question, we examine their mechanisms by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) triggered when detecting event-related desynchronization during right-hand grasping behavior imagination through a brain-computer interface (BCI) system. Based on the BCI system, we designed two experiments. In Experiment 1, we explored differences in motor evoked potentials (MEPs) between power grip and resting conditions. In Experiment 2, we used the three TMS coil orientations (lateral-medial (LM), posterior-anterior (PA), and anterior-posterior (AP) directions) over the primary motor cortex to elicit MEPs during imagined index finger abduction, precision grip, and power grip. We found that larger MEP amplitudes and shorter latencies were obtained in imagined power grip than in resting. We also detected lower MEP amplitudes during imagined power grip, while MEP amplitudes remained similar across imagined precision grip and index finger abduction in each TMS coil orientation. Differences in AP-LM latency were longer when subjects imagined a power grip compared with precision grip and index finger abduction. Based on our results, higher cortical excitability may be achieved when humans imagine precision grip and index finger abduction. Our results suggests that higher cortical excitability may be achieved when humans imagine precision grip and index finger abduction. We also propose that preferential recruitment of late synaptic inputs to corticospinal neurons may occur when humans imagine a power grip.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9980462/Brain-computer interface (BCI)motor imageryevent-related desynchronization (ERD)I-wavestranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
| spellingShingle | Houmin Wang Huixian Zheng Hanrui Wu Jinyi Long Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS Study IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Brain-computer interface (BCI) motor imagery event-related desynchronization (ERD) I-waves transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
| title | Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS Study |
| title_full | Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS Study |
| title_fullStr | Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS Study |
| title_short | Behavior-Dependent Corticocortical Contributions to Imagined Grasping: A BCI-Triggered TMS Study |
| title_sort | behavior dependent corticocortical contributions to imagined grasping a bci triggered tms study |
| topic | Brain-computer interface (BCI) motor imagery event-related desynchronization (ERD) I-waves transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9980462/ |
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