Journal article
Voluntary Motor Command Release Coincides with Restricted Sensorimotor Beta Rhythm Phases
The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.42(29), pp.5771-5781
07/20/2022
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1495-21.2022
PMCID: PMC9302459
PMID: 35701160
Abstract
Sensory perception and memory are enhanced during restricted phases of ongoing brain rhythms, but whether voluntary movement is constrained by brain rhythm phase is not known. Voluntary movement requires motor commands to be released from motor cortex (M1) and transmitted to spinal motoneurons and effector muscles. Here, we tested the hypothesis that motor commands are preferentially released from M1 during circumscribed phases of ongoing sensorimotor rhythms. Healthy humans of both sexes performed a self-paced finger movement task during electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) recordings. We first estimated the time of motor command release preceding each finger movement by subtracting individually measured corticomuscular transmission latencies from EMG-determined movement onset times. Then, we determined the phase of ipsilateral and contralateral sensorimotor mu (8-12 Hz) and beta (13-35 Hz) rhythms during release of each motor command. We report that motor commands were most often released between 120 and 140° along the contralateral beta cycle but were released uniformly along the contralateral mu cycle. Motor commands were also released uniformly along ipsilateral mu and beta cycles. Results demonstrate that motor command release coincides with restricted phases of the contralateral sensorimotor beta rhythm, suggesting that sensorimotor beta rhythm phase may sculpt the timing of voluntary human movement.
Perceptual and cognitive function is optimal during specific brain rhythm phases. Although brain rhythm phase influences motor cortical neuronal activity and communication between the motor cortex and spinal cord, its role in voluntary movement is poorly understood. Here, we show that the motor commands needed to produce voluntary movements are preferentially released from the motor cortex during contralateral sensorimotor beta rhythm phases. Our findings are consistent with the notion that sensorimotor rhythm phase influences the timing of voluntary human movement.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Voluntary Motor Command Release Coincides with Restricted Sensorimotor Beta Rhythm Phases
- Creators
- Sara J Hussain - The University of Texas at AustinMary K Vollmer - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeIñaki Iturrate - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeRomain Quentin - Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.42(29), pp.5771-5781
- DOI
- 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1495-21.2022
- PMID
- 35701160
- PMCID
- PMC9302459
- NLM abbreviation
- J Neurosci
- ISSN
- 0270-6474
- eISSN
- 1529-2401
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/20/2022
- Academic Unit
- Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984948143202771
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