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| Title |
Muscle Relaxation of the Foot Reduces Corticospinal Excitability of Hand Muscles and Enhances Intracortical Inhibition
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00218 |
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| Authors |
Kouki Kato, Tetsuro Muraoka, Nobuaki Mizuguchi, Kento Nakagawa, Hiroki Nakata, Kazuyuki Kanosue |
| Abstract |
The object of this study was to clarify the effects of foot muscle relaxation on activity in the primary motor cortex (M1) of the hand area. Subjects were asked to volitionally relax the right foot from sustained contraction of either the dorsiflexor (tibialis anterior; TA relaxation) or plantarflexor (soleus; SOL relaxation) in response to an auditory stimulus. Single- and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was delivered to the hand area of the left M1 at different time intervals before and after the onset of TA or SOL relaxation. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) were recorded from the right extensor carpi radialis (ECR) and flexor carpi radialis (FCR). MEP amplitudes of ECR and FCR caused by single-pulse TMS temporarily decreased after TA and SOL relaxation onset, respectively, as compared with those of the resting control. Furthermore, short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) of ECR evaluated with paired-pulse TMS temporarily increased after TA relaxation onset. Our findings indicate that muscle relaxation of the dorsiflexor reduced corticospinal excitability of the ipsilateral hand muscles. This is most likely caused by an increase in intracortical inhibition. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6 | 23% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 15 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 88% |
| Scientists | 2 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 34 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 6 | 17% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 11 | 31% |
| Sports and Recreations | 6 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 11% |
| Psychology | 2 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 October 2018.
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