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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 1, 1998, 18(21):9038-9054
Partial Inactivation of the Primary Motor Cortex Hand Area: Effects on Individuated Finger Movements
Marc H. Schieber1, 2, 3, 4 and Andrew V. Poliakov1 Departments of 1 Neurology and 2 Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Brain and Cognitive Science, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3 Center for Visual Science, and 4 Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program at St. Mary's Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642 After large lesions of the primary motor cortex (M1), voluntary movements of affected body parts are weak and slow. In addition, the relative independence of moving one body part without others is lost; attempts at individuated movements of a given body part are accompanied by excessive, unintended motion of contiguous body parts. The effects of partial inactivation of the M1 hand area are comparatively unknown, however. If the M1 hand area contains the somatotopically ordered finger representations implied by the classic homunculus or simiusculus, then partial inactivation might produce weakness, slowness, and loss of independence of one or two adjacent digits without affecting other digits. But if control of each finger movement is distributed in the M1 hand area as many studies suggest, then partial inactivation might produce dissociation of weakness, slowness, and relative independence of movement, and which fingers movements are impaired might be unrelated to the location of the inactivation along the central sulcus.
To investigate the motoric deficits resulting from partial inactivation of the M1 hand area, we therefore made single intracortical injections of muscimol as trained monkeys performed visually cued, individuated flexion-extension movements of the fingers and wrist. We found little if any evidence that which finger movements were impaired after each injection was related to the injection location along the central sulcus. Unimpaired fingers could be flanked on both sides by impaired fingers, and the flexion movements of a given finger could be unaffected even though the extension movements were impaired, or vice versa. Partial inactivation also could produce dissociated weakness and slowness versus loss of independence in a given finger movement. These findings suggest that control of each individuated finger movement is distributed widely in the M1 hand area.
Key words: cortex; dexterity; finger; individuation; macaque; motor; muscimol; response time, somatotopy; weakness
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/18219038-17$05.00/0
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