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NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
卷 48, 期 12, 页码 3513-3520出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.07.037
关键词
Connectivity; Observation; Parietal cortex; Premotor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Goal directed movements require the activation of parietal premotor and primary motor areas In monkeys neurons of these areas become active also during the observation of movements performed by others especially for coding the goal of the action (mirror system) Using bifocal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in healthy subjects we tested whether the observation of goal directed reach to grasp actions may lead to specific changes in the short-latency connections linking key areas of the mirror system such as the anterior intrapanetal cortex (AIP) and the ventral premotor cortex (PMv) with the primary motor cortex (M1) We found that AIP-M1 and PMv-M1 cortico-cortical interactions were specifically activated when observing successful reaching to grasp goal directed actions in which the hand posture was congruent with the goal of the action performed by the actor On the other hand they were not modified when the same goal directed actions were performed wrongly with an inappropriate grasping posture A similar profile of excitability was observed when testing specific intracortical facilitatory circuits in M1 (I-2-waves) known to reflect the activity in cortico-cortical pathways transmitting information from PMv We conclude that the simple observation of others goal directed actions is able to induce specific neurophysiological changes in some cortico-cortical circuits of the human motor system (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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