Left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.

OBJECTIVE: Neuro-imaging studies have suggested that the ability to imitate meaningless and meaningful gestures may differentially depend on superior (SPL) and inferior (IPL) parietal lobule. Therefore, we hypothesized that imaging-guided neuro-navigated continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) ove...

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Egile Nagusiak: Vanbellingen, T, Bertschi, M, Nyffeler, T, Cazzoli, D, Wiest, R, Bassetti, C, Kaelin-Lang, A, Müri, R, Bohlhalter, S
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Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: 2014
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author Vanbellingen, T
Bertschi, M
Nyffeler, T
Cazzoli, D
Wiest, R
Bassetti, C
Kaelin-Lang, A
Müri, R
Bohlhalter, S
author_facet Vanbellingen, T
Bertschi, M
Nyffeler, T
Cazzoli, D
Wiest, R
Bassetti, C
Kaelin-Lang, A
Müri, R
Bohlhalter, S
author_sort Vanbellingen, T
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description OBJECTIVE: Neuro-imaging studies have suggested that the ability to imitate meaningless and meaningful gestures may differentially depend on superior (SPL) and inferior (IPL) parietal lobule. Therefore, we hypothesized that imaging-guided neuro-navigated continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) over left SPL mainly affects meaningless and over left IPL predominantly meaningful gestures. METHODS: Twelve healthy subjects participated in this study. High resolution structural MRI was used for imaging guided neuro-navigation cTBS. Participants were targeted with one train of cTBS in three experimental sessions: sham stimulation over vertex and real cTBS over left SPL and IPL, respectively. An imitation task, including 24 meaningless and 24 meaningful gestures, was performed 'offline'. RESULTS: cTBS over both left IPL and SPL significantly interfered with gestural imitation. There was no differential effect of SPL and IPL cTBS on gesture type (meaningless versus meaningful). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings confirm that left posterior parietal cortex plays a predominant role in gestural imitation. However, the hypothesis based on the dual route model suggesting a differential role of SPL and IPL in the processing of meaningless and meaningful gestures could not be confirmed. SIGNIFICANCE: Left SPL and IPL play a common role within the posterior-parietal network in gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
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spelling oxford-uuid:cf37f23d-9d8e-42f1-8eee-cf38de4e21492022-03-27T07:40:58ZLeft posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:cf37f23d-9d8e-42f1-8eee-cf38de4e2149EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2014Vanbellingen, TBertschi, MNyffeler, TCazzoli, DWiest, RBassetti, CKaelin-Lang, AMüri, RBohlhalter, SOBJECTIVE: Neuro-imaging studies have suggested that the ability to imitate meaningless and meaningful gestures may differentially depend on superior (SPL) and inferior (IPL) parietal lobule. Therefore, we hypothesized that imaging-guided neuro-navigated continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) over left SPL mainly affects meaningless and over left IPL predominantly meaningful gestures. METHODS: Twelve healthy subjects participated in this study. High resolution structural MRI was used for imaging guided neuro-navigation cTBS. Participants were targeted with one train of cTBS in three experimental sessions: sham stimulation over vertex and real cTBS over left SPL and IPL, respectively. An imitation task, including 24 meaningless and 24 meaningful gestures, was performed 'offline'. RESULTS: cTBS over both left IPL and SPL significantly interfered with gestural imitation. There was no differential effect of SPL and IPL cTBS on gesture type (meaningless versus meaningful). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings confirm that left posterior parietal cortex plays a predominant role in gestural imitation. However, the hypothesis based on the dual route model suggesting a differential role of SPL and IPL in the processing of meaningless and meaningful gestures could not be confirmed. SIGNIFICANCE: Left SPL and IPL play a common role within the posterior-parietal network in gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
spellingShingle Vanbellingen, T
Bertschi, M
Nyffeler, T
Cazzoli, D
Wiest, R
Bassetti, C
Kaelin-Lang, A
Müri, R
Bohlhalter, S
Left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
title Left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
title_full Left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
title_fullStr Left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
title_full_unstemmed Left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
title_short Left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content.
title_sort left posterior parietal theta burst stimulation affects gestural imitation regardless of semantic content
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