期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 38, 期 6, 页码 1396-1407出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2893-17.2017
关键词
corticospinal pathways; event-related desynchronization; motor imagery; paired associative stimulation; state-dependent stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation
资金
- Baden-Wuerttemberg Foundation (NemoPlast) [NEU005]
- Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience & International Max Planck Research School
- Graduate School of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Tuebingen, Germany
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, IMONAS) [13GW0119B]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, INSPIRATION) [13GW0214B]
Standard brain stimulation protocols modify human motor cortex excitability by modulating the gain of the activated corticospinal pathways. However, the restoration of motor function following lesions of the corticospinal tract requires also the recruitment of additional neurons to increase the net corticospinal output. For this purpose, we investigated a novel protocol based on brain state-dependent paired associative stimulation. Motor imagery (MI)-related electroencephalography was recorded in healthy males and females for brain state-dependent control of both cortical and peripheral stimulation in a brain-machine interface environment. State-dependency was investigated with concurrent, delayed, and independent stimulation relative to the MI task. Specifically, sensorimotor event-related desynchronization (ERD) in the beta-band (16-22 Hz) triggered peripheral stimulation through passive hand opening by a robotic orthosis and transcranial magnetic stimulation to the respective cortical motor representation, either synchronously or subsequently. These MI-related paradigms were compared with paired cortical and peripheral input applied independent of the brain state. Cortical stimulation resulted in a significant increase in corticospinal excitability only when applied brain state-dependently and synchronously to peripheral input. These gains were resistant to a depotentiation task, revealed a nonlinear evolution of plasticity, and were mediated via the recruitment of additional corticospinal neurons rather than via synchronization of neuronal firing. Recruitment of additional corticospinal pathways may be achieved when cortical and peripheral inputs are applied concurrently, andduring beta-ERD. These findings resemble a gating mechanism and are potentially important for developing closed-loop brain stimulation for the treatment of hand paralysis following lesions of the corticospinal tract.
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