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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 561, Issue -, Pages 30-34Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.12.043
Keywords
Corticospinal system; Reticulospinal system; Electrical stimulation; Neural circuits; Upper limb
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- NIH NINDS [R01 NS37822]
- Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) at the Ohio State University
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Both the reticulospinal and corticospinal systems are known to control recruitment of upper limb muscles, yet no known studies have attempted to assess their combined effects in the same experiment in the awake, behaving primate. The purpose of this study is to present an approach for the analysis of the cooperative control from these two motor systems. Muscle responses to electrical stimulation in the reticulospinal system and corticospinal system alone or in combination were studied. The responses were categorized based on simple neural circuits that could explain the interactions of these systems. Five such circuits were identified that could explain 86% of the observed patterns of combined recruitment during stimulation. Improved understanding of the cooperation between these motor systems could provide insight for development of better rehabilitation approaches for stroke patients and others with movement disorders. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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