Contribution of intracortical inhibition in voluntary muscle relaxation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-308

  Motawar, Binal ^a   Hur, Pilwon ^a   Stinear, James ^b   Seo, Na Jin ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Inhibition; Muscle contraction termination; Relaxation; SICI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER GRIP; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866030470     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3173-x     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Basmajian JV (1989) Biofeedback: principles and practice for clinicians, 3rd edn. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore
2. Begum T, Mima T, Oga T, Hara H, Satow T, Ikeda A, Nagamine T, Fukuyama H, Shibasaki H (2005) Cortical mechanisms of unilateral voluntary motor inhibition in humans. Neurosci Res 53(4):428-435. doi:10.1016/j.neures.2005.09.002
3. Buccolieri A, Abbruzzese G, Rothwell JC (2004a) Relaxation from a voluntary contraction is preceded by increased excitability of motor cortical inhibitory circuits. J Physiol 558(Pt 2):685-695. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2004. 064774
4. Buccolieri A, Avanzino L, Marinelli L, Trompetto C, Marchese R, Abbruzzese G (2004b) Muscle relaxation is impaired in dystonia: a reaction time study. Mov Disord 19(6):681-687. doi: 10.1002/mds.10711
5. Chae J, Yang G, Park BK, Labatia I (2002) Delay in initiation and termination of muscle contraction, motor impairment, and physical disability in upper limb hemiparesis. Muscle Nerve 25(4):568-575. doi:10.1002/mus.10061
6. Christova M, Pondev N, Christova L, Wolf W, Kossev A (2003) Dependence of intracortical inhibition and facilitation on the level of CO-activity of antagonist muscles. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences 56(9):77
7. Coxon JP, Stinear CM, Byblow WD (2006) Intracortical inhibition during volitional inhibition of prepared action. J Neurophysiol 95(6):3371-3383. doi:10.1152/jn.01334.2005
8. De Luca CJ, LeFever RS, McCue MP, Xenakis AP (1982) Behaviour of human motor units in different muscles during linearly varying contractions. J Physiol 329:113-128
9. Di Lazzaro V, Rothwell JC, Oliviero A, Profice P, Insola A, Mazzone P, Tonali P (1999) Intracortical origin of the short latency facilitation produced by pairs of threshold magnetic stimuli applied to human motor cortex. Exp Brain Res 129(4): 494-499
10. Dimitrov B (1985) Brain potentials related to the beginning and to the termination of voluntary flexion and extension in man. Int J Psychophysiol 3(1):13-22
11. Flament D, Goldsmith P, Buckley CJ, Lemon RN (1993) Task dependence of responses in first dorsal interosseous muscle to magnetic brain stimulation in man. J Physiol 464:361-378
12. Furubayashi T, Ugawa Y, Terao Y, Hanajima R, Sakai K, Machii K, Mochizuki H, Shiio Y, Uesugi H, Enomoto H, Kanazawa I (2000) The human hand motor area is transiently suppressed by an unexpected auditory stimulus. Clin Neurophysiol 111(1): 178-183
13. Garry MI, Thomson RH (2009) The effect of test TMS intensity on short-interval intracortical inhibition in different excitability states. Exp Brain Res 193(2):267-274. doi:10.1007/s00221-008-1620-5
14. Grasso M, Mazzini L, Schieppati M (1996) Muscle relaxation in Parkinson's disease: a reaction time study. Mov Disord 11(4): 411-420. doi:10.1002/mds. 870110410
15. Kamper DG, Harvey RL, Suresh S, Rymer WZ (2003) Relative contributions of neural mechanisms versus muscle mechanics in promoting finger extension deficits following stroke. Muscle Nerve 28(3):309-318. doi:10.1002/mus.10443
16. Kaufmann RA, Kozin SH, Mirarchi A, Holland B, Porter S (2007) Biomechanical analysis of flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis in grip-strength generation. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) 36(9):E128-E132
17. Kimura T, Gomi H (2009) Temporal development of anticipatory reflex modulation to dynamical interactions during arm movement. J Neurophysiol 102(4):2220-2231. doi:10.1152/jn.90907.2008
18. Kujirai T, Caramia MD, Rothwell JC, Day BL, Thompson PD, Ferbert A, Wroe S, Asselman P, Marsden CD (1993) Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex. J Physiol 471:501-519
19. Kutz DF, Wölfel A, Timmann D, Kolb FP (2007) Detection of changes in grip forces on a sliding object. J Neurosci Methods 166(2):250-258
20. Long C II, Conrad PW, Hall EA, Furler SL (1970) Intrinsic-extrinsic muscle control of the hand in power grip and precision handling. An electromyographic study. J Bone Joint Surg Am 52(5):853-867
21. Moerchen VA, Lazarus JC, Gruben KG (2007) Task-dependent organization of pinch grip forces. Exp Brain Res 180(2): 367-376. doi:10.1007/s00221-007-0864-9
22. Ngomo S, Leonard G, Moffet H, Mercier C (2012) Comparison of transcranial magnetic stimulation measures obtained at rest and under active conditions and their reliability. J Neurosci Methods 205(1):65-71. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011. 12.012
23. Nowak DA, Hermsdorfer J, Topka H (2003) Deficits of predictive grip force control during object manipulation in acute stroke. J Neurol 250(7):850-860. doi:10.1007/s00415-003-1095-z
24. Nowak DA, Grefkes C, Dafotakis M, Kust J, Karbe H, Fink GR (2007) Dexterity is impaired at both hands following unilateral subcortical middle cerebral artery stroke. Eur J Neurosci 25(10): 3173-3184. doi:10.1111/j.1460- 9568.2007.05551.x
25. Oldfield RC (1971) The assessment and analysis of handedness: the Edinburgh inventory. Neuropsychologia 9(1):97-113
26. Ortu E, Deriu F, Suppa A, Tolu E, Rothwell JC (2008) Effects of volitional contraction on intracortical inhibition and facilitation in the human motor cortex. J Physiol 586(Pt 21):5147-5159. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.158956
27. Peurala SH, Muller-Dahlhaus JF, Arai N, Ziemann U (2008) Interference of short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and short-interval intracortical facilitation (SICF). Clin Neurophysiol 119(10):2291-2297. doi:10.1016/j.clinph. 2008.05.031
28. Pope PA, Holton A, Hassan S, Kourtis D, Praamstra P (2007) Cortical control of muscle relaxation: a lateralized readiness potential (LRP) investigation. Clin Neurophysiol 118(5):1044-1052. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007. 02.002
29. Rossini PM, Barker AT, Berardelli A, Caramia MD, Caruso G, Cracco RQ, Dimitrijevic MR, Hallett M, Katayama Y, Lucking CH et al (1994) Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord and roots: basic principles and procedures for routine clinical application. Report of an IFCN committee. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 91(2):79-92
30. Rothwell JC, Higuchi K, Obeso JA (1998) The offset cortical potential: an electrical correlate of movement inhibition in man. Mov Disord 13(2):330-335. doi:10.1002/mds.870130221
31. Schieppati M, Crenna P (1984) From activity to rest: gating of excitatory autogenetic afferences from the relaxing muscle in man. Exp Brain Res 56(3):448-457
32. Schieppati M, Crenna P (1985) Excitability of reciprocal and recurrent inhibitory pathways after voluntary muscle relaxation in man. Exp Brain Res 59(2):249-256
33. Schieppati M, Nardone A, Musazzi M (1986) Modulation of the Hoffmann reflex by rapid muscle contraction or release. Hum Neurobiol 5(1):59-66
34. Schieppati M, Trompetto C, Abbruzzese G (1996) Selective facilitation of responses to cortical stimulation of proximal and distal arm muscles by precision tasks in man. J Physiol 491(2):11
35. Seo NJ, Rymer WZ, Kamper DG (2009) Delays in grip initiation and termination in persons with stroke: effects of arm support and active muscle stretch exercise. J Neurophysiol 101(6):3108-3115. doi:10.1152/jn.91108.2008
36. Terada K, Ikeda A, Nagamine T, Shibasaki H (1995) Movementrelated cortical potentials associated with voluntary muscle relaxation. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 95(5):335-345
37. Toma K, Honda M, Hanakawa T, Okada T, Fukuyama H, Ikeda A, Nishizawa S, Konishi J, Shibasaki H (1999) Activities of the primary and supplementary motor areas increase in preparation and execution of voluntary muscle relaxation: an event-related fMRI study. J Neurosci 19(9):3527-3534
38. Yazawa S, Ikeda A, Kaji R, Terada K, Nagamine T, Toma K, Kubori T, Kimura J, Shibasaki H (1999) Abnormal cortical processing of voluntary muscle relaxation in patients with focal hand dystonia studied by movement-related potentials. Brain 122(Pt 7):1357-1366
39. Yedimenko JA, Perez MA (2010) The effect of bilateral isometric forces in different directions on motor cortical function in humans. J Neurophysiol 104(6):2922-2931. doi:10.1152/jn.00020.2010