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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
A selective contribution of the basal ganglia (BG) to memory-contingent motor control has long been hypothesized. The importance of memory context remains an open question, however, for the BG skeletomotor circuit. To investigate this question, we studied the perimovement discharge of a carefully selected group of 74 "arm-related" pallidal cells in two rhesus monkeys. The animals performed three tasks designed to dissociate multiple independent aspects of memory-contingent reaching while controlling movement kinematics. The activity of most neurons (88%) was influenced strongly by the memory demands of a task (remembering "where" or "when" to move), but the population as a whole showed no systematic preference for memory- or sensory-contingent conditions. The effects of memory context were primarily additive with those of movement kinematics (particularly movement direction). Considered separately, decreases and increases in firing had very different context preferences: decreases were nearly always larger for sensory-triggered movements, whereas increases were enhanced most often under memory-contingent conditions (i.e., self-initiated or self-guided movements). A similar pattern of preferences was found for both pallidal segments. The distinct context-specific enhancements of decreases and increases could not be explained as simple sensory responses or as interactions with preparatory or anticipatory processes present before movement initiation. Rather, they appear related to movement execution under specific contexts. Our results lead to the conclusion that movement facilitatory decreases in internal pallidal (GPi) activity are primarily greater under sensory-triggered conditions. GPi increases and their suppressive effects, perhaps on competing activity in pallidal-recipient centers, have increased prevalence under memory-contingent conditions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2965-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Conditioning (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Globus Pallidus, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Macaca fascicularis, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Memory, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Movement, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Perception, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Psychomotor Performance, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Random Allocation, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Task Performance and Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15772356-Time Perception
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Context-dependent modulation of movement-related discharge in the primate globus pallidus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94122, USA. rturner@itsa.ucsf.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural