EEG oscillations: how are they modulated during different phases of repetitive movements?

Antonella Macerollo; Matt J N Brown

doi:10.1152/jn.00105.2017

EEG oscillations: how are they modulated during different phases of repetitive movements?

J Neurophysiol. 2017 Jul 1;118(1):4-6. doi: 10.1152/jn.00105.2017. Epub 2017 Mar 8.

Authors

Antonella Macerollo¹, Matt J N Brown²

Affiliations

¹ Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK; and.
² Division of Brain, Imaging and Behavior-Systems Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada matthew.brown@uhnresearch.ca.

Abstract

Voluntary movements are planned through the relative timing between submovements of movement sequences as part of the motor program. Different movement phases are characterized by specific amplitude modulation of cortical oscillations. The latter represent neurophysiological correlates of specific synchronization or desynchronization of different neuronal groups. In this Neuro Forum, we review recent evidence regarding the temporal relation between neurophysiological correlates of different phases of a repetitive motor task using electroencephalography and source localization using individualized MRI.

Keywords: cortical oscillations; motor control.

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MeSH terms

Electroencephalography
Fingers
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Motor Cortex*
Movement