Endogenous control of waking brain rhythms induces neuroplasticity in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 770-778

  Ros, Tomas ^a   Munneke, Moniek A M ^b   Ruge, Diane ^c   Gruzelier, John H ^a   Rothwell, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); Electroencephalogram (EEG); Neurofeedback; Neuroplasticity; Primary motor cortex (M1); Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 76949108859     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07100.x     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Abraham, W.C. (2008) Metaplasticity: tuning synapses and networks for plasticity. Nat. Rev. Neurosci., 9, 387.
2. Bütefisch, C.M., Davis, B.C., Wise, S.P., Sawaki, L., Kopylev, L., Classen, J. Cohen, L.G. (2000) Mechanisms of use-dependent plasticity in the human motor cortex. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 97, 3661 3665.
3. Buzsáki, G. Draguhn, A. (2004) Neuronal oscillations in cortical networks. Science, 304, 1926 1929.
4. Coben, R., Linden, M. Myers, T.E. (2009) Neurofeedback for autistic spectrum disorder: a review of the literature. Appl. Psychophysiol. Biofeedback, 35, 83 105.
5. Cooke, S.F. Bliss, T.V. (2006) Plasticity in the human central nervous system. Brain, 129, 1659 1673.
6. Daly, J. Wolpaw, J. (2008) Brain-computer interfaces in neurological rehabilitation. Lancet Neurol., 7, 1032 1043.
7. De Gennaro, L., Fratello, F., Marzano, C., Moroni, F., Curcio, G., Tempesta, D., Pellicciari, M.C., Pirulli, C., Ferrara, M. Rossini, P.M. (2008) Cortical plasticity induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation during wakefulness affects electroencephalogram activity during sleep. PLoS ONE, 3, e2483.
8. Delorme, A. Makeig, S. (2003) EEG changes accompanying learned regulation of 12-Hz EEG activity. IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng., 11, 133 137.
9. Ezure, K. Oshima, T. (1981) Excitation of slow pyramidal tract cells and their family neurones during phasic and tonic phases of EEG arousal. Jpn. J. Physiol., 31, 737 748. (Pubitemid 12219850)
10. Fan, J., Byrne, J., Worden, M.S., Guise, K.G., McCandliss, B.D., Fossella, J. Posner, M.J. (2007) The relation of brain oscillations to attentional networks. J. Neurosci., 27, 6197 6206.
11. Fernández, T., Harmony, T., Fernández-Bouzas, A., Díaz-Comas, L., Prado-Alcalá, R.A., Valdés-Sosa, P. et al. (2007) Changes in EEG current sources induced by neurofeedback in learning disabled children. An exploratory study. Appl. Psychophysiol. Biofeedback, 32, 169 183.
12. Fetz, E.E. (2007) Volitional control of neural activity: implications for brain-computer interfaces. J. Physiol., 579 (Pt 3 571 579.
13. Floyer-Lea, A., Wylezinska, M., Kincses, T. Matthews, P.M. (2006) Rapid modulation of GABA concentration in human sensorimotor cortex during motor learning. J. Neurophysiol., 95, 1639 1644.
14. Fries, P., Womelsdorf, T., Oostenveld, R. Desimone, R. (2008) The effects of visual stimulation and selective visual attention on rhythmic neuronal synchronization in macaque area V4. J. Neurosci., 28, 4823 4835.
15. Gevensleben, H., Holl, B., Albrecht, B., Schlamp, D., Kratz, O., Studer, P. Wangler, S. Rothenberger, A. Moll, G.H. Heinrich, H. (2009) Distinct EEG effects related to neurofeedback training in children with ADHD: a randomized controlled trial. Int. J. Psychophysiol., 74, 149 157.
16. Gruzelier, J., Egner, T. Vernon, D. (2006) Validating the efficacy of neurofeedback for optimising performance. Prog. Brain Res., 159, 421 431.
17. Harley, C.W. (1987) A role for norepinephrine in arousal, emotion and learning?: limbic modulation by norepinephrine and the Kety hypothesis. Prog. Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry, 11, 419 458.
18. Heinrich, H., Gevensleben, H. Strehl, U. (2007) Annotation: neurofeedback - train your brain to train behaviour. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry, 48, 3 16.
19. Hoedlmoser, K., Pecherstorfer, T., Gruber, G., Anderer, P., Doppelmayr, M., Klimesch, W. Schabus, M. (2008) Instrumental conditioning of human sensorimotor rhythm (12-15 hz) and its impact on sleep as well as declarative learning. Sleep, 31, 1401 1408.
20. Huber, R., Määttä, S., Esser, S.K., Sarasso, S., Ferrarelli, F., Watson, A. Ferreri, F., Peterson, M.J. Tononi, G. (2008) Measures of cortical plasticity after transcranial paired associative stimulation predict changes in electroencephalogram slow-wave activity during subsequent sleep. J. Neurosci., 28, 7911 7918.
21. Jung, S.H., Shin, J.E., Jeong, Y. Shin, H. (2008) Changes in motor cortical excitability induced by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of different stimulation durations. Clin. Neurophysiol., 119, 71 79.
22. Komaki, A., Shahidi, S., Lashgari, R., Haghparast, A., Malakouti, S.M. Noorbakhsh, S.M. (2007) Effects of GABAergic inhibition on neocortical long-term potentiation in the chronically prepared rat. Neurosci. Lett., 422, 181 186.
23. Kotchoubey, B., Busch, S., Strehl, U. Birbaumer, N. (1999) Changes in EEG power spectra during biofeedback of slow cortical potentials in epilepsy. Appl. Psychophysiol. Biofeedback, 24, 213 233.
24. Kujirai, T., Caramia, M.D., Rothwell, J.C., Day, B.L., Thompson, P.D., Ferbert, A., Wroe, S., Asselman, P. Marsden, C.D. (1993) Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex. J. Physiol., 471, 501 519.
25. Lazzaro, V.D., Ziemann, U. Lemon, R.N. (2008) State of the art: physiology of transcranial motor cortex stimulation. Brain Stimulat., 1, 345 362.
26. Levesque, J., Beauregard, M. Mensour, B. (2006) Effect of neurofeedback training on the neural substrates of selective attention in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neurosci. Lett., 394, 216 221. (Pubitemid 43144853)
27. Llinás, R.R., Ribary, U., Jeanmonod, D., Kronberg, E. Mitra, P.P. (1999) Thalamocortical dysrhythmia: a neurological and neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by magnetoencephalography. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 15222 15227.
28. Lubar, J.F. (1997) Neocortical dynamics: implications for understanding the role of neurofeedback and related techniques for the enhancement of attention. Appl. Psychophysiol. Biofeedback, 22, 111 126.
29. Markram, H., Tsodyks, M., Wang, Y. Uziel, A. (1999) Frequency-dependent synaptic transmission in the neocortex. In Baudry, M., Davis, L. Thompson, R. (Eds Advances in Synaptic Plasticity. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 239 264.
30. Narayanan, R. Johnston, D. (2007) Long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal neurons is accompanied by spatially widespread changes in intrinsic oscillatory dynamics and excitability. Neuron, 56, 1061 1075.
31. Nelson, S.B. Turrigiano, G.G. (2008) Strength through diversity. Neuron, 60, 477 482.
32. Neuper, C., Wörtz, M. Pfurtscheller, G. (2006) ERD/ERS patterns reflecting sensorimotor activation and deactivation. Prog. Brain Res., 159, 211 222.
33. Niedermayer, E. Lopes Da Silva, F. (1999) Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications and Related Field, 4th Edn. Williams & Wilkins, New York.
34. Niessing, J., Ebisch, B., Schmidt, K.E., Niessing, M., Singer, W. Galuske, R.A. (2005) Hemodynamic signals correlate tightly with synchronized gamma oscillations. Science, 309, 948 951.
35. Nitsche, M.A. Paulus, W. (2001) Sustained excitability elevations induced by transcranial DC motor cortex stimulation in humans. Neurology, 57, 1899 1901.
36. Nowlis, D.P. Kamiya, J. (1970) The control of electroencephalographic alpha rhythms through auditory feedback and the associated mental activity. Psychophysiology, 6, 476 484.
37. Oishi, N., Mima, T., Ishii, K., Bushara, K.O., Hiraoka, T., Ueki, Y., Fukuyama, H. Hallett, M. (2007) Neural correlates of regional EEG power change. Neuroimage, 36, 1301 1312.
38. Pascual-Leone, A., Amedi, A., Fregni, F. Merabet, L.B. (2005) The plastic human brain cortex. Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 28, 377 401.
39. Ponomarenko, A.A., Li, J., Korotkova, T.M., Huston, J.P. Haas, H.L. (2008) Frequency of network synchronization in the hippocampus marks learning. Eur. J. Neurosci., 27, 3035 3042.
40. Romei, V., Brodbeck, V., Michel, C., Amedi, A., Pascual-Leone, A. Thut, G. (2008) Spontaneous fluctuations in posterior alpha-band EEG activity reflect variability in excitability of human visual areas. Cereb. Cortex, 18, 2010 2018.
41. Ros, T., Moseley, M.J., Bloom, P.A., Benjamin, L., Parkinson, L.A. Gruzelier, J.H. (2009) Optimizing microsurgical skills with EEG neurofeedback. BMC Neurosci., 10, 87.
42. Rougeul-Buser, A. Buser, P. (1997) Rhythms in the alpha band in cats and their behavioural correlates. Int. J. Psychophysiol., 26, 191 203.
43. Sauseng, P., Klimesch, W., Gerloff, C. Hummel, F.C. (2009) Spontaneous locally restricted EEG alpha activity determines cortical excitability in the motor cortex. Neuropsychologia, 47, 284 288.
44. Schroeder, C.E. Lakatos, P. (2009) Low-frequency neuronal oscillations as instruments of sensory selection. Trends Neurosci., 32, 9 18.
45. Schulz, P.E. Fitzgibbons, J.C. (1997) Differing mechanisms of expression for short- and long-term potentiation. J. Neurophysiol., 78, 321 334.
46. Silva, L., Amitai, Y. Connors, B. (1991) Intrinsic oscillations of neocortex generated by layer 5 pyramidal neurons. Science, 251, 432 435.
47. Silvanto, J., Muggleton, N. Walsh, V. (2008) State-dependency in brain stimulation studies of perception and cognition. Trends Cogn. Sci., 12, 447 454.
48. Steriade, M. Timofeev, I. (2003) Neuronal plasticity in thalamocortical networks during sleep and waking oscillations. Neuron, 37, 563 576.
49. Sterman, M.B. (1973) Neurophysiologic and clinical studies of sensorimotor EEG biofeedback training: some effects on epilepsy. Semin Pschiatry, 5, 507 525.
50. Sterman, M.B. (1996) Physiological origins and functional correlates of EEG rhythmic activities: implications for self-regulation. Biofeedback Self Regul., 21, 3 33.
51. Thut, G. Miniussi, C. (2009) New insights into rhythmic brain activity from TMS-EEG studies. Trends Cogn. Sci., 13, 182 189.
52. Thut, G., Nietzel, A., Brandt, S.A. Pascual-Leone, A. (2006) Alpha-band electroencephalographic activity over occipital cortex indexes visuospatial attention bias and predicts visual target detection. J. Neurosci., 26, 9494 9502.
53. Tsanov, M. Manahan-Vaughan, D. (2009) Long-term plasticity is proportional to theta-activity. PLoS ONE, 4, e5850.
54. Tsukamoto-Yasui, M., Sasaki, T., Matsumoto, W., Hasegawa, A., Toyoda, T., Usami, A., Kubota, Y., Ochiai, T., Hori, T., Matsuki, N. Ikegaya, Y. (2007) Active hippocampal networks undergo spontaneous synaptic modification. PLoS ONE, 2, e1250.
55. Uhlhaas, P.J. Singer, W. (2006) Neural synchrony in brain disorders: relevance for cognitive dysfunctions and pathophysiology. Neuron, 52, 155 168.
56. Vanhatalo, S., Voipio, J. Kaila, K. (2005) Full-band EEG (FbEEG): an emerging standard in electroencephalography. Clin. Neurophysiol., 116, 1 8.
57. Werk, C.M., Klein, H.S., Nesbitt, C.E. Chapman, C.A. (2006) Long-term depression in the sensorimotor cortex induced by repeated delivery of 10 Hz trains in vivo. Neuroscience, 140, 13 20.
58. Zacksenhouse, M., Lebedev, M.A., Carmena, J.M., O'Doherty, J.E., Henriquez, C. Nicolelis, M.A. (2007) Cortical modulations increase in early sessions with brain-machine interface. PLoS ONE, 2, e619.
59. Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Bressler, S. Ding, M. (2008) Response preparation and inhibition: the role of the cortical sensorimotor beta rhythm. Neuroscience, 156, 238 246.
60. Ziemann, U. (2004) TMS and drugs. Clin. Neurophysiol., 115, 1717 1729.
61. Ziemann, U., Paulus, W., Nitsche, M.A., Pascual-Leone, A., Byblow, W.D., Berardelli, A., Siebner, H.R., Classen, J., Cohen, L.G. Rothwell, J.C. (2008) Consensus: motor cortex plasticity protocols. Brain Stimulat., 1, 164 182.