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Resonance of cortico-cortical connections of the motor system with the observation of goal directed grasping movements

Koch, Giacomo, Versace, Viviana, Bonnì, Sonia, Lupo, Federica, Gerfo, Emanuele Lo, Oliveri, Massimiliano, Caltagirone, Carlo·2010·Neuropsychologia
DOI 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.07.037
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Goal directed movements require the activation of parietal, premotor and primary motor areas. In monkeys, neurons of these areas become active also during the observation of movements performed by others, especially for coding the goal of the action (mirror system). Using bifocal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in healthy subjects, we tested whether the observation of goal directed reach to grasp actions may lead to specific changes in the short-latency connections linking key areas of the mirror system, such as the anterior intraparietal cortex (AIP) and the ventral premotor cortex (PMv), with the primary motor cortex (M1). We found that AIP-M1 and PMv-M1 cortico-cortical interactions were specifically activated when observing successful reaching to grasp goal directed actions, in which the hand posture was congruent with the goal of the action performed by the actor. On the other hand they were not modified when the same goal directed actions were performed wrongly with an inappropriate grasping posture. A similar profile of excitability was observed when testing specific intracortical facilitatory circuits in M1 (I(2)-waves), known to reflect the activity in cortico-cortical pathways transmitting information from PMv. We conclude that the simple observation of others' goal directed actions is able to induce specific neurophysiological changes in some cortico-cortical circuits of the human motor system.

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Authors
Koch, G., Versace, V., Bonnì, S., Lupo, F., Gerfo, E. L., Oliveri, M., & Caltagirone, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
  • Fondazione Santa Lucia (IT)
Corresponding author
Koch, Giacomo
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Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-10
Volume
48
Issue
12
Pages
3513-3520
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.07.037
OpenAlex
W2043841604
Cited by
119
References
53
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 10
FWCI
13.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) (submittedVersion)
  • BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
  • Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.) (submittedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords
mirror system, corticocortical connections, ventral premotor cortex, primary motor cortex, action observation
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Electromyography, Female, Goals, Humans, Male, Movement, Neural Pathways, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance, Muscle, Skeletal, Hand Strength, Evoked Potentials, Motor, Observation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Young Adult

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