AN INCREASE IN CORTICAL EXCITABILITY WITH NO CHANGE IN SPINAL EXCITABILITY DURING MOTOR IMAGERY

Authors
YAHAGI S SHIMURA K KASAI T
Citation
S. Yahagi et al., AN INCREASE IN CORTICAL EXCITABILITY WITH NO CHANGE IN SPINAL EXCITABILITY DURING MOTOR IMAGERY, Perceptual and motor skills, 83(1), 1996, pp. 288-290
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
83
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
288 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1996)83:1<288:AIICEW>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
During motor imagery, to estimate changes in excitability of flexor ca rpi radialis muscle motoneurons of the spinal and cortical levels. ele ctrical stimuli for recording H-reflex and transcranial magnetic stimu lation (TMS) for recording motor evoked potentials (MEPs) were used. I n the absence of movement or detectable EMG activity during motor imag ery, there was an increase in cortical excitability with no change in spinal excitability.