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Intracortical Inhibition Within the Primary Motor Cortex Can Be Modulated by Changing the Focus of Attention
Published on: September 11, 2017
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La inhibición intracortical de corto intervalo está relacionada con la conectividad funcional cortico-cortical de
Silvio Bagetta1, Federico Carparelli1, Valerio Ferrari1
1Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier 1, Rome 00133, Italy.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
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Resumen
La inhibición intracortical de corto intervalo (SICI) medida por la estimulación magnética transcraneal de pulso emparejado (pp-TMS) se relaciona con la conectividad de la red cerebral. Una mayor conectividad funcional en las bandas beta y gamma se correlaciona con una reducción de la inhibición cortical en adultos sanos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Neurofisiología La neurofisiología.
- Imágenes cerebrales de imágenes cerebrales.
Sus antecedentes:
- La inhibición intracortical de corto intervalo (SICI) es un marcador de la inhibición cortical mediada por GABA-A.
- Investigaciones anteriores han caracterizado SICI localmente, pero su vínculo con la dinámica de la red cerebral a gran escala no está claro.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la relación entre la variabilidad interindividual en SICI y la conectividad funcional en estado de reposo (FC).
- Explorar cómo la inhibición mediada por GABA-A influye en la organización de la red cortical.
Principales métodos:
- La electroencefalografía de alta densidad (HD-EEG) y la estimulación magnética transcraneal de pulso emparejado (pp-TMS) se utilizaron en 18 voluntarios sanos.
- El FC en estado de reposo se calculó en el espacio fuente utilizando el índice de retraso de fase ponderado en bandas de frecuencia.
- Se emplearon estadísticas basadas en redes para asociar SICI con potenciales evocados por motores condicionados (MEP).
Principales resultados:
- Una FC más fuerte en las bandas beta y gamma alta se asoció con una reducción de SICI (MEP acondicionados más grandes a 2 ms de intervalo entre estímulos).
- Estas redes específicas de frecuencia involucraron las regiones sensorimotora, prefrontal, temporo-parietal y parieto-occipital.
Conclusiones:
- Este estudio proporciona la primera evidencia electrofisiológica que vincula la inhibición cortical local con las redes cerebrales de frecuencia específica a gran escala.
- Los hallazgos avanzan en la comprensión del papel de la inhibición de GABA-A en la configuración de la organización de la red cerebral y sugieren posibles aplicaciones para el estudio de trastornos neurológicos.
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