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JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 120, Issue 4, Pages 2011-2019Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00488.2018
Keywords
adaptation; CSP; force field; MEP; state-space model
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- Donders Centre for Cognition
- European Research Council [EU-ERC-283567]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [NWO-VICI: 453-11-001]
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Recent computational theories and behavioral observations suggest that motor learning is supported by multiple adaptation processes. operating on different timescales, but direct neural evidence is lacking. We tested this hypothesis by applying transcranial magnetic stimulation over motor cortex in 16 human subjects during a validated reach adaptation task. Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) and cortical silent periods (CSPs) were recorded from the biceps brachii to assess modulations of corticospinal excitability as indices for corticospinal plasticity. Guided by a two-state adaptation model, we show that the MEP reflects an adaptive process that learns quickly but has poor retention, while the CSP correlates with a process that responds more slowly but retains information well. These results provide a physiological link between models of motor learning and distinct changes in corticospinal excitability. Our findings support the relationship between corticospinal gain modulations and the adaptive processes in motor learning. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Computational theories and behavioral observations suggest that motor learning is supported by multiple adaptation processes, but direct neural evidence is lacking. We tested this hypothesis by applying transcranial magnetic stimulation over human motor cortex during a reach adaptation task. Guided by a two-state adaptation model, we show that the motor-evoked potential reflects a process that adapts and decays quickly. whereas the cortical silent period reflects slow adaptation and decay.
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