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Precise spike synchronization in monkey motor cortex involved in preparation for movement.

F Grammont1, A Riehle

  • 1Center for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, CRNC-CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, F-13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France.

Experimental Brain Research
|September 4, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Neuronal populations dynamically synchronize firing patterns, even across functionally distinct neurons, to organize cognitive motor processes. This synchronization complements firing rate changes for complex movement control.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Perceptually relevant events involve distributed neuronal populations.
  • The dynamic organization of these populations for computational demands is unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To decipher the dynamic organization of cortical ensembles.
  • To describe relationships between synchronization dynamics and neuronal activity changes during voluntary movements.

Main Methods:

  • Simultaneous recording of up to seven primary motor cortex neurons in a monkey performing a six-direction pointing task.
  • Analysis of synchronized firing epochs ('unitary events') between neurons.
  • Definition of unitary events based on chance occurrence and firing rates.

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Main Results:

  • Neurons involved in different processes (preparation, execution, directional tuning) synchronized their spiking activity significantly.
  • Synchronization occurred even between neurons with differing firing rate modulations.

Conclusions:

  • Neuronal synchronization and firing rate modulation serve distinct, complementary functions in cognitive motor processes.
  • Dynamic synchronization is a key mechanism for organizing cortical ensembles during voluntary movements.