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  Voluntary inhibition of physiological mirror activity: An EEG-EMG study

Maudrich, T., Kenville, R., Maudrich, D., Villringer, A., Ragert, P., & Nikulin, V. V. (2020). Voluntary inhibition of physiological mirror activity: An EEG-EMG study. eNeuro, 7(5): 0326-20.2020. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0326-20.2020.

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Maudrich, Tom1, 2, Author           
Kenville, Rouven1, Author           
Maudrich, Dennis1, Author           
Villringer, Arno1, 3, 4, Author           
Ragert, Patrick1, 2, Author           
Nikulin, Vadim V.1, 5, 6, Author           
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1Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634549              
2Institute of General Kinesiology and Athletics Training, University of Leipzig, Germany, ou_persistent22              
3MindBrainBody Institute, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Germany, ou_persistent22              
4Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, Germany, ou_persistent22              
5Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ou_persistent22              
6Neurophysics Group, Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: EEG; EMG; Inhibition; Physiological mirror activity; δ power
 Abstract: Physiological mirror activity (pMA), observed in healthy human adults, describes the involuntary co-activation of contralateral homologous muscles during unilateral limb movements. Here we provide novel evidence, using neuromuscular measurements (electromyography; EMG), that the amplitude of pMA can be voluntarily inhibited during unilateral isometric contractions of intrinsic hand muscles after informing human participants (10 male, 10 female) about its presence and establishing a basic understanding of pMA mechanisms through a standardized protocol. Importantly, significant suppression of pMA was observed immediately after participants were asked to inhibit it, despite the absence of any online feedback during task execution and without special training. Moreover, we observed that the decrease of pMA was specifically accompanied by an increase in relative frontal δ power recorded with electroencephalography (EEG). Correlation analysis further revealed an inverse association between the individual amplitude of pMA and frontal δ power that reached significance once participants started to inhibit. Taken together, these results suggest that δ power in frontal regions might reflect executive processes exerting inhibitory control over unintentional motor output, in this case pMA. Our results provide an initial reference point for the development of therapeutic applications related to the neurorehabilitation of involuntary movements which could be realized through the suppression of pMA observed in the elderly before it would fully manifest in undesirable overt movement patterns.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020-09-142020-07-212020-09-242020-10-14
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0326-20.2020
PMID: 33055200
PMC: PMC7598909
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 7 (5) Sequence Number: 0326-20.2020 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 2373-2822
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/106249492X