Changes in corticomotor excitability following prolonged muscle tendon vibration

• Published in: Behavioural brain research Vol. 190; no. 1; pp. 41 - 49
• Main Authors: Forner-Cordero, Arturo, Steyvers, Maarten, Levin, Oron, Alaerts, Kaat, Swinnen, Stephan P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 26.06.2008; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Mapping; Electromyography; Evoked Potentials, Motor - physiology; Evoked Potentials, Motor - radiation effects; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Illusions - physiology; Male; Mapping; Motor Cortex - physiology; Muscle tendon vibration; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; Physical Stimulation - methods; Plasticity; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Pyramidal Tracts - physiology; Somatosensory stimulation; Tendons - innervation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - methods; Vibration; Muscle tendon vibration; Somatosensory stimulation; Mapping; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Plasticity; Vibration; Excitability; Striated muscle; Prolonged; Tendon

The present experiment addressed whether increases in corticospinal excitability following sensory stimulation with muscle tendon vibration are accompanied by reorganization of the forearm musculature representation within the primary motor cortex. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, we mapped...