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CURRENT BIOLOGY
卷 22, 期 5, 页码 403-407出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.024
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资金
- Rhodes Trust
- Cure Parkinson's Trust
- Wellcome Trust
- Norman Collisson Foundation
- Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust
- Medical Research Council
- National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
- MRC [G0901503] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0901503] Funding Source: researchfish
Voluntary movement is accompanied by changes in the degree to which neurons in the brain synchronize their activity within discrete frequency ranges. Two patterns of movement-related oscillatory activity stand out in human cortical motor areas. Activity in the beta frequency (15-30 Hz) band is prominent during tonic contractions but is attenuated prior to and during voluntary movement [1]. Without such attenuation, movement may be slowed, leading to the suggestion that beta activity promotes postural and tonic contraction, possibly at a cost to the generation of new movements [2, 3]. In contrast, activity in the gamma (60-90 Hz) band increases during movement [4]. The direction of change suggests that gamma activity might facilitate motor processing. In correspondence with this, increased frontal gamma activity is related with reduced reaction times [5]. Yet the possibility remains that these functional correlations reflect an epiphenomenal rather than causal relationship. Here we provide strong evidence that oscillatory activities at the cortical level are mechanistically involved in determining motor behavior and can even improve performance. By driving cortical oscillations using noninvasive electrical stimulation, we show opposing effects at beta and gamma frequencies and interactions with motor task that reveal the potential quantitative importance of oscillations in motor behavior.
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