Evoked potentials in final epoch of self-initiated hand movement: A study in patients with depth electrodes

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Authors

KUKLETA Miloslav DAMBORSKÁ Alena TURAK Baris LOUVEL Jacques

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Psychophysiology
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Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2017.05.004
Field Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords Intracerebral EEG recordings; Evoked potentials; Voluntary movement; Motor intention; Motor action
Description Comparison between the intended and performed motor action can be expected to occur in the final epoch of a voluntary movement. In search for electrophysiological correlates of this mental process the purpose of the current study was to identify intracerebral sites activated in final epoch of self-paced voluntary movement. Intracerebral EEG was recorded from 235 brain regions of 42 epileptic patients who performed self-paced voluntary movement task. Evoked potentials starting at 0 to 243 ms after the peak of averaged, rectified electromyogram were identified in 21 regions of 13 subjects. The mean amplitude value of these late movement potentials (LMP) was 56.4 +/- 27.5 V. LMPs were observed in remote regions of mesiotemporal structures, cingulate, frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital cortices. Closely before the LMP onset, a significant increase of phase synchronization was observed in all EEG record pairs in 9 of 10 examined subjects; p < 0.001, Mann Whitney U test. In conclusion, mesiotemporal structures, cingulate, frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital cortices seem to represent integral functionally linked parts of network activated in final epoch of self-paced voluntary movement. Activation of this large-scale neuronal network was suggested to reflect a comparison process between the intended and actually performed motor action. Our results contribute to better understanding of neural mechanisms underlying goal-directed behavior crucial for creation of agentive experience.
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