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In vivo definition of parieto-motor connections involved in planning of grasping movements

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Koch, Giacomo, Cercignani, Mara, Pecchioli, Cristiano, Versace, Viviana, Oliveri, Massimiliano, Caltagirone, Carlo, Rothwell, John, Bozzali, Marco·2010·NeuroImage

Abstract

We combined bifocal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography to investigate in humans the contribution of connections originating from different parietal areas in planning of different reaching to grasp movements. TMS experiments revealed that in the left hemisphere functional connectivity between the primary motor cortex (M1) and a portion of the angular gyrus (AG) close to the caudal intraparietal sulcus was activated during early preparation of reaching and grasping movements only when the movement was made with a whole hand grasp (WHG) towards objects in contralateral space. In contrast, a different pathway, linking M1 with a part of the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) close to the anterior intraparietal sulcus, was sensitive only to the type of grasp required (precision grasping) but not to the position of the object in space. A triple coil experiment revealed that inactivation of the ventral premotor area (PMv) by continuous theta burst stimulation interfered with some of these interactions. Anatomical DTI tractography revealed that AG and SMG are strongly connected with PMv and with M1 by different bundles of the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF). These results demonstrate the existence of segregated parieto-premotor-motor pathways crucial for preparation of different grasping actions and indicate that these may process information relevant to both the position of the object and the hand shape required to use it.

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Authors
Koch, G., Cercignani, M., Pecchioli, C., Versace, V., Oliveri, M., Caltagirone, C., Rothwell, J., & Bozzali, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
  • Fondazione Santa Lucia (IT)
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
Corresponding author
Koch, Giacomo
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-05
Volume
51
Issue
1
Pages
300-312
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1979467884
Cited by
143
References
66
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FWCI
9.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
  • Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.) (submittedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Ministero della Salute, Italy to G.K. (RF 06.60)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Keywords
primary motor cortex, angular gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, intraparietal sulcus, superior longitudinal fasciculus, precision grip, functional connectivity, continuous theta burst stimulation
MeSH terms
Female, Frontal Lobe, Hand, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Motor Activity, Motor Cortex, Motor Skills, Neural Pathways, Parietal Lobe, Psychomotor Performance, Evoked Potentials, Motor, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Young Adult, Diffusion Tensor Imaging

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