Imaging the human motor system’s beta-band synchronization during isometric contraction

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 437 - 447
• Main Authors: Schoffelen, Jan-Mathijs, Oostenveld, Robert, Fries, Pascal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2008; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Brain; Brain Mapping; Brain research; Cortical Synchronization; Efferent Pathways - physiology; Electromyography; Female; Functional Laterality - physiology; Grants; Human subjects; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Isometric Contraction - physiology; Magnetoencephalography; Male; Motor ability; Motor Cortex - physiology; Movement - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Noise; Spinal cord; Studies; DICS; ECR

Rhythmic synchronization likely subserves interactions among neuronal groups. One of the best studied rhythmic synchronization phenomena in the human nervous system is the beta-band (15–30 Hz) synchronization in the motor system. In this study, we imaged structures across the human brain that are sy...