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18024158

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-15
pubmed:abstractText
The mesial premotor cortex is crucial for planning sequential procedures and movement initiation. With event-related (ER) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) it has been possible to separate mesial premotor activation before, during, and after self-initiated movements and, thereby, to distinguish advance planning from execution. The mesial premotor cortex is part of distributed cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical networks but, to date, the subcortical contributions to self-initiated movements are far less well understood. Using ER fMRI at 3T in 12 right-handed male volunteers, we studied the subcortical activation preceding an automated four-digit finger sequence that was either self-initiated or triggered externally by a visual cue. Beyond typical cortical activation increases in fronto-parietal regions, both initiation modes induced consistent subcortical activation in basal ganglia, midbrain (substantia nigra), and ipsilateral cerebellum. The planning phase of the internally initiated condition, when contrasted with the externally triggered condition, was associated with enhanced activity in frontal regions (mesial premotor cortex/rostral cingulate zone, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex), parietal regions (precuneus, inferior parietal cortex, encroaching onto V5/MT), insula, contralateral anterior putamen and midbrain (bilateral red nucleus/subthalamic nucleus). These data demonstrate the impact of initiation mode on planning-related activity in the ventral basal ganglia and interconnected midbrain nuclei, thereby stressing the crucial role of distributed cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical networks for self-initiated automated motor repertoires. Involvement of the substantia nigra during planning, as shown here, indicates dopaminergic gating of motor sequences.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1053-8119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1356-69
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A role of the basal ganglia and midbrain nuclei for initiation of motor sequences.
pubmed:affiliation
FE Funktionelle Neurobildgebung, Experimentelle Radiologie, Radiologische Universitätsklinik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany. henning.boecker@ukb.uni-bonn.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't