Modulation of vestibular-evoked responses prior to simple and complex arm movements

Experimental Brain Research
Michael KennefickBrian H Dalton

Abstract

During destabilizing, voluntary arm movements, the vestibular system provides sensory cues related to head motion that are necessary to preserve upright balance. Although sensorimotor processing increases in accordance with task complexity during the preparation phase of reaching, it is unclear whether vestibular signals are also enhanced when maintaining postural control prior to the execution of a voluntary movement. To probe whether vestibular cues are a component of complexity-related increases in sensorimotor processing during movement preparation, vestibular-evoked responses to stochastic (0-25 Hz; root mean square = 1 mA) binaural, bipolar electrical vestibular stimulation (EVS) were examined. These responses were assessed using cumulant density function estimates in the upper and lower limbs prior to ballistic arm movements of varying complexity in both standing (experiment 1) and seated (experiment 2) conditions. In experiment 1, EVS-electromyography (EMG) cumulant density estimates surpassed 95% confidence intervals for biceps and triceps brachii, as well as the left and right medial gastrocnemius. For the latter two muscles, the responses were enhanced 10-18% with increased movement complexity. In experiment 2, the E...Continue Reading

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