Open AccessProactive inhibition is marked by differences in the pattern of motor cortex activity during movement preparation and execution
Author(s) -
Vishal Rawji,
Sachin Modi,
Lorenzo Rocchi,
Marjan Jahanshahi,
John Rothwel
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of neurophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 245
eISSN - 1522-1598
pISSN - 0022-3077
DOI - 10.1152/jn.00359.2021
Subject(s) - neuroscience , motor cortex , context (archaeology) , transcranial magnetic stimulation , premovement neuronal activity , psychology , primary motor cortex , cortex (anatomy) , stimulation , biology , paleontology
Using directional TMS, we find that the human motor cortex flexibly changes its pattern of neural activity depending on the context in which a movement is due to be made. Interestingly, this occurs despite adjusting for reaction time. We also show that state space and dynamical systems models of movement can be noninvasively visualized in humans using TMS, thereby offering a novel method to study these powerful models in humans.