Involvement of human thalamus in the preparation of self-paced movement

Brain : a Journal of Neurology
G ParadisoR Chen

Abstract

Cortical areas participating in the preparation of voluntary movements have been studied extensively. There is emerging evidence that subcortical structures, particularly the basal ganglia, also contribute to movement preparation. The thalamus is connected to both the basal ganglia and the cerebellar pathways, but its role in movement preparation has not been studied extensively in humans. We studied seven patients who underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode implantation in the thalamus for treatment of tremor (six patients) and myoclonus-dystonia (one patient). We recorded from the DBS contacts and scalp simultaneously, while patients performed self-paced wrist extension movements. Post-surgical MRI was used for precise localization of the DBS contacts in six patients. Back-averaging of the scalp recordings showed a slow negative movement-related potential (MRP) in all patients (onset 1846 +/- 189 ms prior to electromyography onset), whereas DBS electrode recordings showed pre-movement MRP in five out of seven patients. The thalamic MRP preceded both contralateral and ipsilateral wrist movements. There was no significant difference between the onset time of thalamic MRP (-2116 +/- 607 ms) and cortical MRP. Neither the...Continue Reading

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