Cortico‐cortical paired associative stimulation conditioning superficial ventral premotor cortex–primary motor cortex connectivity influences motor cortical activity during precision grip

Author:

Casarotto Andrea12ORCID,Dolfini Elisa2,Fadiga Luciano12,Koch Giacomo123,D'Ausilio Alessandro12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. IIT@UniFe Center for Translational Neurophysiology Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Ferrara Italy

2. Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Section of Physiology Università di Ferrara Ferrara Italy

3. Experimental Neuropsychophysiology Laboratory Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS Rome Italy

Abstract

AbstractThe ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and primary motor cortex (M1) represent critical nodes of a parietofrontal network involved in grasping actions, such as power and precision grip. Here, we investigated how the functional PMv–M1 connectivity drives the dissociation between these two actions. We applied a PMv–M1 cortico‐cortical paired associative stimulation (cc‐PAS) protocol, stimulating M1 in both postero‐anterior (PA) and antero‐posterior (AP) directions, in order to induce long‐term changes in the activity of different neuronal populations within M1. We evaluated the motor‐evoked potential (MEP) amplitude, MEP latency and cortical silent period, in both PA and AP, during the isometric execution of precision and power grip, before and after the PMv–M1 cc‐PAS. The repeated activation of the PMv–M1 cortico‐cortical network with PA orientation over M1 did not change MEP amplitude or cortical silent period duration during both actions. In contrast, the PMv–M1 cc‐PAS stimulation of M1 with an AP direction led to a specific modulation of precision grip motor drive. In particular, MEPs tested with AP stimulation showed a selective increase of corticospinal excitability during precision grip. These findings suggest that the more superficial M1 neuronal populations recruited by the PMv input are involved preferentially in the execution of precision grip actions. imageKey points Ventral premotor cortex (PMv)–primary motor cortex (M1) cortico‐cortical paired associative stimulation (cc‐PAS) with different coil orientation targets dissociable neural populations. PMv–M1 cc‐PAS with M1 antero‐posterior coil orientation specifically modulates corticospinal excitability during precision grip. Superficial M1 populations are involved preferentially in the execution of precision grip. A plasticity induction protocol targeting the specific PMv–M1 subpopulation might have important translational value for the rehabilitation of hand function.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Physiology

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