Motor facilitation of the human cortico-spinal system during observation of bio-mechanically impossible movements

NeuroImage

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 755-763

  Romani, Michela ^a   Cesari, Paola ^a   Urgesi, Cosimo ^a   Facchini, Stefano ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Bio mechanically impossible finger movements; Body image; Cortico spinal motor excitability; Mirror systems; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY IMAGE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARIETAL LOBE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 20444500230     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.027     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. S. Avikainen, S. Liuhanen, M. Schurmann, and R. Hari Enhanced extrastriate activation during observation of distorted finger postures J. Cogn. Neurosci. 15 2003 658 663
2. F. Baldissera, P. Cavallai, L. Craighero, and L. Fadiga Modulation of spinal excitability during observation of hand actions in humans Eur. J. Neurosci. 13 2001 190 194
3. M. Brass, H. Bekkering, and W. Prinz Movement observation affects movement execution in a simple response task Acta Psychol. (Amst) 106 2001 3 22
4. G. Buccino, F. Binkofski, G.R. Fink, L. Fadiga, L. Fogassi, V. Gallese, R.J. Seitz, K. Zilles, G. Rizzolatti, and H.J. Freund Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study Eur. J. Neurosci. 13 2001 400 404
5. J.P. Brasil-Neto, L.G. Cohen, M. Panizza, J. Nilsson, B.J. Roth, and M. Hallett Optimal focal transcranial magnetic activation of the human motor cortex: effects of coil orientation, shape of the induced current pulse, and stimulus intensity J. Clin. Neurophysiol. 9 1992 132 136
6. B. Calvo-Merino, D.E. Glaser, J. Grezes, R.E. Passingham, and P. Haggard Action observation and acquired motor skills: an fMRI study with expert dancers Cereb. Cortex 2005 (Dec 22) (Electronic publication ahead of print)
7. R. Chen, J. Classen, C. Gerloff, P. Celnik, E.M. Wassermann, M. Hallett, and L.G. Cohen Depression of motor cortex excitability by low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation Neurology 48 1997 1398 1403
8. S. Cochin, C. Barthelemy, S. Roux, and J. Martineau Observation and execution of movement: similarities demonstrated by quantified electroencephalography Eur. J. Neurosci. 11 1999 1839 1842
9. Costantini, M., Galati, G., Ferretti, A., Caulo, M., Tartaro, A., Romani, G.L., Aglioti, S.M., 2005 (Feb 23). Neural systems underlying observation of humanly impossible movements: An fMRI study. Cereb. Cortex (Electronic publication ahead of print).
10. L. Craighero, A. Bello, L. Fadiga, and G. Rizzolatti Hand action preparation influences the responses to hand pictures Neuropsychologia 40 2002 492 502
11. G. di Pellegrino, L. Fadiga, L. Fogassi, V. Gallese, and G. Rizzolatti Understanding motor events: a neurophysiological study Exp. Brain Res. 91 1992 176 180
12. A. Eisen Electromyography in disorders of muscle tone Can. J. Neurol. Sci. 14 1987 501 505
13. L. Fadiga, L. Fogassi, G. Pavesi, and G. Rizzolatti Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study J. Neurophysiol. 73 1995 2608 2611
14. V. Gallese, L. Fadiga, L. Fogassi, and G. Rizzolatti Action recognition in the premotor cortex Brain 119 1996 593 609
15. M. Gangitano, F.M. Mottaghy, and A. Pascual-Leone Phase-specific modulation of cortical motor output during movement observation NeuroReport 12 2001 1489 1492
16. S.T. Grafton, M.A. Arbib, L. Fadiga, and G. Rizzolatti Localization of grasp representations in humans by positron emission tomography. 2. Observation compared with imagination Exp. Brain Res. 112 1996 103 111
17. M.S. Graziano, C.S. Taylor, T. Moore, and D.F. Cooke The cortical control of movement revisited Neuron 36 2002 349 362
18. J. Grezes, N. Costes, and J. Decety The effects of learning and intention on the neural network involved in the perception of meaningless actions Brain 122 1999 1875 1887
19. R. Hari, N. Forss, S. Avikainen, E. Kirveskari, S. Salenius, and G. Rizzolatti Activation of human primary motor cortex during action observation: a neuromagnetic study Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 95 1998 15061 15065
20. M. Iacoboni, R.P. Woods, M. Brass, H. Bekkering, J.C. Mazziotta, and G. Rizzolatti Cortical mechanisms of human imitation Science 286 1999 2526 2528
21. J. Jarvelainen, M. Schurmann, S. Avikainen, and R. Hari Stronger reactivity of the human primary motor cortex during observation of live rather than video motor acts NeuroReport 12 2001 3493 3495
22. J. Kimura Electrodiagnosis in Diseases of Nerve and Muscle 1993 F.A. Davis Company Philadelphia, PA
23. T. Krings, C. Naujokat, and D.G. von Keyserlingk Representation of cortical motor function as revealed by stereotactic transcranial magnetic stimulation Electroencephalogr. Clin. Neurophysiol. 109 1998 85 93
24. F. Maeda, G. Kleiner-Fisman, and A. Pascual-Leone Motor facilitation while observing hand actions: specificity of the effect and role of observer's orientation J. Neurophysiol. 87 2002 1329 1335
25. H. Merchant, A. Battaglia-Mayer, and A.P. Georgopoulos Neural responses in motor cortex and area 7a to real and apparent motion Exp. Brain Res. 154 2004 291 307
26. H. Merchant, A. Battaglia-Mayer, and A.P. Georgopoulos Neural responses during interception of real and apparent circularly moving stimuli in motor cortex and area 7a Cereb. Cortex 14 2004 314 331
27. B. Mercuri, E.M. Wassermann, P. Manganotti, K. Ikoma, A. Samii, and M. Hallett Cortical modulation of spinal excitability: an F-wave study Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 101 1996 16 24
28. K.R. Mills, S.J. Boniface, and M. Schubert Magnetic brain stimulation with a double coil: the importance of coil orientation Electroencephalogr. Clin. Neurophysiol. 85 1992 17 21
29. E. Naito, H.H. Ehrsson, S. Geyer, K. Zilles, and P.E. Roland Illusory arm movements activate cortical motor areas: a positron emission tomography study J. Neurosci. 19 1999 6134 6144
30. E. Naito, P.E. Roland, and H.H. Ehrsson I feel my hand moving: a new role of the primary motor cortex in somatic perception of limb movement Neuron 36 2002 979 988
31. R.C. Oldfield The assessment and analysis of handedness: the Edinburgh inventory Neuropsychologia 9 1971 97 113
32. M. Pavlova, W. Lutzenberger, A. Sokolov, and N. Birbaumer Dissociable cortical processing of recognizable and non-recognizable biological movement: analysing gamma MEG activity Cereb. Cortex 14 2004 181 188
33. D. Perani, F. Fazio, N.A. Borghese, M. Tettamanti, S. Ferrari, J. Decety, and M.C. Gilardi Different brain correlates for watching real and virtual hand actions NeuroImage 14 2001 749 758
34. G. Rizzolatti, and L. Craighero The mirror-neuron system Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 27 2004 169 192
35. G. Rizzolatti, L. Fadiga, V. Gallese, and L. Fogassi Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions Brain Res. Cogn. Brain Res. 3 1996 131 141
36. G. Rizzolatti, L. Fadiga, M. Matelli, V. Bettinardi, E. Paulesu, D. Perani, and F. Fazio Localization of grasp representations in humans by PET: 1. Observation versus execution Exp. Brain Res. 111 1996 246 252
37. G. Rizzolatti, L. Fogassi, and V. Gallese Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action Nat. Rev., Neurosci. 2 2001 661 670
38. J.A. Stevens, P. Fonlupt, M. Shiffrar, and J. Decety New aspects of motion perception: selective neural encoding of apparent human movements NeuroReport 11 2000 109 115
39. A.P. Strafella, and T. Paus Modulation of cortical excitability during action observation: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study NeuroReport 11 2000 2289 2292
40. E.M. Wassermann Risk and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: report and suggested guidelines from the International Workshop on the Safety of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, June 5-7, 1996 Electroencephalogr. Clin. Neurophysiol. 108 1998 1 16