Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle

Communications exists between the peripheral muscles and the sensorimotor cortex, which controls the movement functions in the brain. There are five brain’s natural oscillations classified as delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma which governed most general dynamics in the brain. It is proven that inc...

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Main Author: Hasan, Suriani
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/18010/7/SurianiHasanMFKE2008.pdf
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description Communications exists between the peripheral muscles and the sensorimotor cortex, which controls the movement functions in the brain. There are five brain’s natural oscillations classified as delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma which governed most general dynamics in the brain. It is proven that increased alpha activity can be expected in situations or tasks in which attentional demands require inhibition of non-task relevant processes. Recently, study on effects of counting or ignoring externally applied electrical stimulus while performing motor task has shown that cortico-muscular coherence in the beta band during isometric hand contraction can be enhanced by a electrical stimulus unrelated to the motor task. The finding suggests that cognitive effort is needed to maintain isometric muscle contraction. Since cognitive effort involves functional connections between different brain regions in the brain, further studies are needed to clarify these functional connections between different brain regions. By exploring the C3-EEG coherence, this project study the functional connection between different brain regions and in addition, measure speed of information transfer between brain areas.
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spelling utm.eprints-180102018-07-25T08:01:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/18010/ Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle Hasan, Suriani TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Communications exists between the peripheral muscles and the sensorimotor cortex, which controls the movement functions in the brain. There are five brain’s natural oscillations classified as delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma which governed most general dynamics in the brain. It is proven that increased alpha activity can be expected in situations or tasks in which attentional demands require inhibition of non-task relevant processes. Recently, study on effects of counting or ignoring externally applied electrical stimulus while performing motor task has shown that cortico-muscular coherence in the beta band during isometric hand contraction can be enhanced by a electrical stimulus unrelated to the motor task. The finding suggests that cognitive effort is needed to maintain isometric muscle contraction. Since cognitive effort involves functional connections between different brain regions in the brain, further studies are needed to clarify these functional connections between different brain regions. By exploring the C3-EEG coherence, this project study the functional connection between different brain regions and in addition, measure speed of information transfer between brain areas. 2008 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/18010/7/SurianiHasanMFKE2008.pdf Hasan, Suriani (2008) Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:80679?queryType=vitalDismax&query=Effects+of+externally+applied+electrical+stimulus+on+brain+relationship+during+isometric+contraction+of+hand+muscle&public=true
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title Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle
title_full Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle
title_fullStr Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle
title_full_unstemmed Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle
title_short Effects of externally applied electrical stimulus on brain relationship during isometric contraction of hand muscle
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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