OBJECTIVE: We studied the time course and location of post-movement beta synchronization (PMBS) in patients presenting with sensory deafferentation, in order to assess the hypothetical relationship between the PMBS and the cortical processing of movement-related somatosensory afferent inputs. METHODS: We used the event-related synchronization (ERS) method. EEG activity was recorded (via a 128-electrode system) during brisk, unilateral right and left index finger extension by 10 patients presenting with neuropathic pain related to sensory deafferentation. Intra- and post-movement changes in beta source power were calculated relative to pre-movement baseline activity. We compared the PMBS results for the painful and non-painful body sides. Furthermore, PMBS patterns in patients were compared with those in nine healthy volunteers. RESULTS: PMBS pattern related to the painful side had a spatial distribution, with an ipsilateral preponderance, significantly more restricted than PMBS pattern on the non-painful side and in the control group. There were no significant differences between patient PMBS patterns on the non-painful side and those in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Sensory deafferentation disrupts normal PMBS patterns. SIGNIFICANCE: This work provides additional arguments to the hypothesis supporting that the PMBS is influenced by movement-related somatosensory input processing.
OBJECTIVE: We studied the time course and location of post-movement beta synchronization (PMBS) in patients presenting with sensory deafferentation, in order to assess the hypothetical relationship between the PMBS and the cortical processing of movement-related somatosensory afferent inputs. METHODS: We used the event-related synchronization (ERS) method. EEG activity was recorded (via a 128-electrode system) during brisk, unilateral right and left index finger extension by 10 patients presenting with neuropathic pain related to sensory deafferentation. Intra- and post-movement changes in beta source power were calculated relative to pre-movement baseline activity. We compared the PMBS results for the painful and non-painful body sides. Furthermore, PMBS patterns in patients were compared with those in nine healthy volunteers. RESULTS:PMBS pattern related to the painful side had a spatial distribution, with an ipsilateral preponderance, significantly more restricted than PMBS pattern on the non-painful side and in the control group. There were no significant differences between patientPMBS patterns on the non-painful side and those in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Sensory deafferentation disrupts normal PMBS patterns. SIGNIFICANCE: This work provides additional arguments to the hypothesis supporting that the PMBS is influenced by movement-related somatosensory input processing.
Authors: Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham; Brittany K Taylor; Yu-Ping Wang; Julia M Stephen; Vince D Calhoun; Tony W Wilson Journal: Cereb Cortex Date: 2020-11-03 Impact factor: 5.357
Authors: Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham; Timothy J McDermott; Mackenzie S Mills; Alex I Wiesman; Yu-Ping Wang; Julia M Stephen; Vince D Calhoun; Tony W Wilson Journal: Dev Cogn Neurosci Date: 2018-03-02 Impact factor: 6.464