Sensorimotor integration and faces recognition in a model of altered face sensory information: Neurophysiological study in patients with dentofacial deformities

IF 3.7 3区医学 Q1 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Clinical Neurophysiology Pub Date : 2025-03-09 DOI:10.1016/j.clinph.2025.02.269

Mohammed Zeroual , Francesca Ginatempo , Nicola Loi , Luigi Angelo Vaira , Antonella Cano , Andrea Biglio , Giulio Visaloco , Giacomo De Riu , Franca Deriu

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Abstract

Objective

To explore the excitability and sensory motor integration of the face and masticatory primary motor cortex (M1), and recognition of face expressions in individuals with dentofacial deformities (IDD).

Methods

Short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI), short-afferent inhibition (SAI) of masticatory and face M1, the blink reflex and face expressions recognition (FER) ability were assessed in 18 healthy subjects (HS) (24.56 ± 1.02 years old) and in 18 IDD (27.36 ± 1.39 years) before and after 1 month from surgery.

Results

In IDD, SICI (p = 0.033) and SAI (p = 0.008) were significantly reduced in the masticatory, but not face, M1 and the blink reflex was normal. IDD also exhibited deficits in FER before surgery (p = 0.033), which was still present after surgery (p = 0.015), although improved.

Conclusion

Results evidence that alterations of sensory afferents due to dentofacial deformities modulates sensorimotor integration of masticatory M1, with topographic specificity. The altered sensory information from face not only influences motor inhibitory control but also FER.

Significance

The integration of sensory inputs with motor outputs depends topographically on the type of sensory afferents stimulated as well as on the target muscle and its respective representation area in M1. Afferent information from face also plays a role in FER ability.

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Clinical Neurophysiology 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

8.70

自引率

6.40%

发文量

932

审稿时长

59 days

期刊介绍： As of January 1999, The journal Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, and its two sections Electromyography and Motor Control and Evoked Potentials have amalgamated to become this journal - Clinical Neurophysiology. Clinical Neurophysiology is the official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Brazilian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Czech Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Italian Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology.The journal is dedicated to fostering research and disseminating information on all aspects of both normal and abnormal functioning of the nervous system. The key aim of the publication is to disseminate scholarly reports on the pathophysiology underlying diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system of human patients. Clinical trials that use neurophysiological measures to document change are encouraged, as are manuscripts reporting data on integrated neuroimaging of central nervous function including, but not limited to, functional MRI, MEG, EEG, PET and other neuroimaging modalities.