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The influence of travel time on perceived traveled distance varies by spatiotemporal scale. 旅行时间对感知旅行距离的影响因时空尺度而异。
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Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06880-1
Cindy Jagorska, Martin Riemer
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Accumulated HIIT inhibits anxiety and depression, improves cognitive function, and memory-related proteins in the hippocampus of aged rats. 累积性 HIIT 可抑制焦虑和抑郁,改善认知功能和老年大鼠海马体中与记忆相关的蛋白质。
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06869-w
Caíque Olegário Diniz E Magalhães, Ricardo Augusto Leoni De Sousa, Bruno Ferreira Mendes, Isabela Rocha Dias, Ramona Ramalho Souza Pereira, Gabriela Cruz Pereira, Kil Sun Lee, Marco Fabricio Dias Peixoto, Ricardo Cardoso Cassilhas
{"title":"Accumulated HIIT inhibits anxiety and depression, improves cognitive function, and memory-related proteins in the hippocampus of aged rats.","authors":"Caíque Olegário Diniz E Magalhães, Ricardo Augusto Leoni De Sousa, Bruno Ferreira Mendes, Isabela Rocha Dias, Ramona Ramalho Souza Pereira, Gabriela Cruz Pereira, Kil Sun Lee, Marco Fabricio Dias Peixoto, Ricardo Cardoso Cassilhas","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06869-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06869-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to compare the effects of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) performed in a single session(1xHIIT) versus three daily sessions (3xHIIT) on fitness level and behavior of aged rats. Eighteen-month-old Wistar rats were assigned to Untrained (UN), 1xHIIT, or 3xHIIT (n = 12/group). Both groups, 1xHIIT and 3xHIIT, performed 15 min of a treadmill running HIIT protocol during 8 weeks. 1xHIIT protocol consisted of a single daily session of 15 min, while the 3xHIIT performed three daily sessions of 5 min with a 4 h interval between the sessions. Morris Water Maze (MWM) task was used to evaluate spatial learning and memory. Splash test, Forced Swim test, and Elevated Plus Maze task (EPM) were used to evaluate anhedonic, depressive-like, and anxious behaviors, respectively. Rats were euthanized, and the hippocampus was harvested for western blot analyses (CaMKII and BDNF). Both HIIT protocols improved VO<sub>2</sub>max and spatial memory. Notably, only the 3xHIIT protocol attenuated anxious and depressive-like behaviors. Western blot analyses of the hippocampus revealed that both HIIT protocols increased BDNF levels. BDNF levels were higher in the 3xHIIT when compared with 1xHIIT group, and we observed increasement of the CamKII levels just in the 3x HIIT group. Therefore, this study provides evidence indicating that accumulated HIIT sessions is more effective than traditional daily HIIT sessions in improving fitness level, cognitive function, memory, inhibiting the development of mood disorders, and enhancing BDNF and CaMKII levels in the hippocampus of aged rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"1871-1879"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141305832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Perceptual decoupling in the sustained attention to response task is unlikely. 在持续注意反应任务中,知觉解耦的可能性不大。
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06885-w
Aman Bedi, Paul N Russell, William S Helton
{"title":"Perceptual decoupling in the sustained attention to response task is unlikely.","authors":"Aman Bedi, Paul N Russell, William S Helton","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06885-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06885-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers dispute the cause of errors in high Go, low No Go target detection tasks, like the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART). Some researchers propose errors in the SART are due to perceptual decoupling, where a participant is unaware of stimulus identity. This lack of external awareness causes an erroneous response. Other researchers suggest the majority of the errors in the SART are instead due to response leniency, not perceptual decoupling. Response delays may enable a participant who is initially unaware of stimulus identity, perceptually decoupled, to become aware of stimulus identity, or perceptually recoupled. If, however, the stimulus presentation time is shortened to the minimum necessary for stimulus recognition and the stimulus is disrupted with a structured mask, then there should be no time to enable perception to recouple even with a response delay. From the perceptual decoupling perspective, there should be no impact of a response delay on performance in this case. Alternatively if response bias is critical, then even in this case a response delay may impact performance. In this study, we shortened stimulus presentation time and added a structured mask. We examined whether a response delay impacted performance in the SART and tasks where the SART's response format was reversed. We expected a response delay would only impact signal detection theory bias, c, in the SART, where response leniency is an issue. In the reverse formatted SART, since bias was not expected to be lenient, we expected no impact or minimal impact of a response delay on response bias. These predictions were verified. Response bias is more critical in understanding SART performance, than perceptual decoupling, which is rare if it occurs at all in the SART.</p>","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"2033-2040"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11252176/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141491521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Silencing CXCL16 alleviate neuroinflammation and M1 microglial polarization in mouse brain hemorrhage model and BV2 cell model through PI3K/AKT pathway. 沉默CXCL16可通过PI3K/AKT途径缓解小鼠脑出血模型和BV2细胞模型中的神经炎症和M1小胶质细胞极化。
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06875-y
Lv Dingyi, Hu Libin, Piao Jifeng, Zhiquan Ding, Li Yulong, Wu Zhangyi, Yin Yunong, Wang Qinghua, Li Feng
{"title":"Silencing CXCL16 alleviate neuroinflammation and M1 microglial polarization in mouse brain hemorrhage model and BV2 cell model through PI3K/AKT pathway.","authors":"Lv Dingyi, Hu Libin, Piao Jifeng, Zhiquan Ding, Li Yulong, Wu Zhangyi, Yin Yunong, Wang Qinghua, Li Feng","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06875-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06875-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuroinflammation and microglia polarization play pivotal roles in brain injury induced by intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Despite the well-established involvement of CXC motif chemokine ligand 16 (CXCL16) in regulating inflammatory responses across various diseases, its specific functions in the context of neuroinflammation and microglial polarization following ICH remain elusive. In this study, we investigated the impact of CXCL16 on neuroinflammation and microglia polarization using both mouse and cell models. Our findings revealed elevated CXCL16 expression in mice following ICH and in BV2 cells after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. Specific silencing of CXCL16 using siRNA led to a reduction in the expression of neuroinflammatory factors, including IL-1β and IL-6, as well as decreased expression of the M1 microglia marker iNOS. Simultaneously, it enhanced the expression of anti-inflammatory factors such as IL-10 and the M2 microglia marker Arg-1. These results were consistent across both mouse and cell models. Intriguingly, co-administration of the PI3K-specific agonist 740 Y-P with siRNA in LPS-stimulated cells reversed the effects of siRNA. In conclusion, silencing CXCL16 can positively alleviate neuroinflammation and M1 microglial polarization in BV2 inflammation models and ICH mice. Furthermore, in BV2 cells, this beneficial effect is mediated through the PI3K/Akt pathway. Inhibition of CXCL16 could be a novel approach for treating and diagnosing cerebral hemorrhage.</p>","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"1917-1932"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141418552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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HDAC6 modulates the cognitive behavioral function and hippocampal tissue pathological changes of APP/PS1 transgenic mice through HSP90-HSF1 pathway. HDAC6通过HSP90-HSF1途径调节APP/PS1转基因小鼠的认知行为功能和海马组织病理变化
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-27 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06858-z
Bingyi Wang, Siyu Liu, Kaimin Hao, YaruWang Wang, Zongjing Li, Yuanyuan Lou, Yuan Chang, Wenxiu Qi
{"title":"HDAC6 modulates the cognitive behavioral function and hippocampal tissue pathological changes of APP/PS1 transgenic mice through HSP90-HSF1 pathway.","authors":"Bingyi Wang, Siyu Liu, Kaimin Hao, YaruWang Wang, Zongjing Li, Yuanyuan Lou, Yuan Chang, Wenxiu Qi","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06858-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06858-z","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The aim of this study was to investigate histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) modifies the heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) affect the levels of pathological markers such as Aβ oligomers (Aβo) and Tau phosphorylation (p-Tau) in APP/PS1 double transgenic mice hippocampal tissues or HT22 neurons as well as the changes in cognitive behavioral functions of mice. (1) APP/PS1 transgenic mice (6 months old, 25 ~ 30 g) were randomly assigned to 5 experimental groups, C57BL/6J mice (6 months old, 25 ~ 30 g) were used as 4 control groups, with 8 mice in each group. All mice underwent intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) cannulation, and the experimental groups were administered with normal saline (APP + NS group), HDAC6 agonist tubastatin A hydrochloride (TSA) (APP + TSA group) or HDAC6 agonist theophylline (Theo) (APP + Theo group), HSP90 inhibitor Ganetespib (Gane) (APP + Gane group), or a combination of pre-injected Gane by TSA (APP + Gane + TSA group); the control group received i.c.v. injections of Gane (Gane group), TSA (TSA group), Theo (Theo group) or NS (NS group), respectively. (2) Mouse hippocampal neurons HT22 were randomly divided into a control group (Control) and an Aβ&lt;sub&gt;1-42&lt;/sub&gt; intervention group (Aβ). Within the Aβ group, further divisions were made for knockdown HSP90 (Aβ + siHSP90 group), overexpression HSP90 (Aβ + OE-HSP90 group), knockdown HSF1(Aβ + siHSF1 group) and knockdown HSF1 followed by overexpression HSP90 (Aβ + siHSF1 + OE-HSP90 group), resulting in a total of 6 groups. Morris water maze test was used to evaluate the cognitive behavior of the mice. Western blot and immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence were performed to detect the levels of HDAC6, HSP90, HSF1, Aβ&lt;sub&gt;1-42&lt;/sub&gt;, Tau protein, and p-Tau in the hippocampal tissue or HT22 cells. qRT-PCR was used to measure the levels of hdac6, hsp90, and hsf1 mRNA in the hippocampus or nerve cells. (1) The levels of HDAC6, Aβ&lt;sub&gt;1-42&lt;/sub&gt; and p-Tau were elevated, while HSP90 and HSF1 were decreased in the hippocampal tissue of APP/PS1 transgenic mice (all P &lt; 0.01). Inhibiting HDAC6 upregulated the expressions of HSP90 and HSF1 in the hippocampal tissue of APP/PS1 mice, while decreasing the levels of Aβ&lt;sub&gt;1-42&lt;/sub&gt; and p-Tau as well as improving the spatial cognitive behavior in mice (P &lt; 0.05 or P &lt; 0.01). The opposite effects were observed upon HDAC6 activation. However, inhibiting HSP90 reduced the expression of HSF1 (P &lt; 0.01) and increased the levels of Aβ&lt;sub&gt;1-42&lt;/sub&gt; and p-Tau (P &lt; 0.05 or P &lt; 0.01) but did not significantly affect the expression of HDAC6 (P &gt; 0.05). No significant changes were observed in the aforementioned indicators in the 4 control groups (P &gt; 0.05). (2) In the Aβ&lt;sub&gt;1-42&lt;/sub&gt; intervention group, HDAC6 and Aβ&lt;sub&gt;1-42&lt;/sub&gt;, p-Tau expression levels were elevated, while HSP90 and HSF1 expressions were all decreased, and cell viability was reduced (P &lt; 0.05 or P &lt; 0.01). Overexpression of HSP90 upreg","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"1983-1998"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141456178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Electrocortical activity associated with movement-related fear: a methodological exploration of a threat-conditioning paradigm involving destabilising perturbations during quiet standing. 与运动相关恐惧有关的皮层电活动:对威胁条件范式的方法学探索,该范式涉及安静站立时的不稳定扰动。
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06873-0
Adam Grinberg, Andrew Strong, Johan Strandberg, Jonas Selling, Dario G Liebermann, Martin Björklund, Charlotte K Häger
{"title":"Electrocortical activity associated with movement-related fear: a methodological exploration of a threat-conditioning paradigm involving destabilising perturbations during quiet standing.","authors":"Adam Grinberg, Andrew Strong, Johan Strandberg, Jonas Selling, Dario G Liebermann, Martin Björklund, Charlotte K Häger","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06873-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06873-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Musculoskeletal trauma often leads to lasting psychological impacts stemming from concerns of future injuries. Often referred to as kinesiophobia or re-injury anxiety, such concerns have been shown to hinder return to physical activity and are believed to increase the risk for secondary injuries. Screening for re-injury anxiety is currently restricted to subjective questionnaires, which are prone to self-report bias. We introduce a novel approach to objectively identify electrocortical activity associated with the threat of destabilising perturbations. We aimed to explore its feasibility among non-injured persons, with potential future implementation for screening of re-injury anxiety. Twenty-three participants stood blindfolded on a translational balance perturbation platform. Consecutive auditory stimuli were provided as low (neutral stimulus [CS<sup>-</sup>]) or high (conditioned stimulus [CS<sup>+</sup>]) tones. For the main experimental protocol (Protocol I), half of the high tones were followed by a perturbation in one of eight unpredictable directions. A separate validation protocol (Protocol II) requiring voluntary squatting without perturbations was performed with 12 participants. Event-related potentials (ERP) were computed from electroencephalography recordings and significant time-domain components were detected using an interval-wise testing procedure. High-amplitude early contingent negative variation (CNV) waves were significantly greater for CS<sup>+</sup> compared with CS<sup>-</sup> trials in all channels for Protocol I (> 521-800ms), most prominently over frontal and central midline locations (P ≤ 0.001). For Protocol II, shorter frontal ERP components were observed (541-609ms). Our test paradigm revealed electrocortical activation possibly associated with movement-related fear. Exploring the discriminative validity of the paradigm among individuals with and without self-reported re-injury anxiety is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"1903-1915"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11252179/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141418551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Visuo-spatial complexity potentiates the body-part effect in intransitive imitation of meaningless gestures. 视觉空间复杂性增强了无意义手势非传递性模仿中的身体部位效应。
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06865-0
Mathieu Lesourd, Josselin Baumard, Maximilien Metaireau, Laurence Picard
{"title":"Visuo-spatial complexity potentiates the body-part effect in intransitive imitation of meaningless gestures.","authors":"Mathieu Lesourd, Josselin Baumard, Maximilien Metaireau, Laurence Picard","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06865-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06865-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent studies on the imitation of intransitive gestures suggest that the body part effect relies mainly upon the direct route of the dual-route model through a visuo-transformation mechanism. Here, we test the visuo-constructive hypothesis which posits that the visual complexity may directly potentiate the body part effect for meaningless gestures. We predicted that the difference between imitation of hand and finger gestures would increase with the visuo-spatial complexity of gestures. Second, we aimed to identify some of the visuo-spatial predictors of meaningless finger imitation skills. Thirty-eight participants underwent an imitation task containing three distinct set of gestures, that is, meaningful gestures, meaningless gestures with low visual complexity, and meaningless gestures with higher visual complexity than the first set of meaningless gestures. Our results were in general agreement with the visuo-constructive hypothesis, showing an increase in the difference between hand and finger gestures, but only for meaningless gestures with higher visuo-spatial complexity. Regression analyses confirm that imitation accuracy decreases with resource-demanding visuo-spatial factors. Taken together, our results suggest that the body part effect is highly dependent on the visuo-spatial characteristics of the gestures.</p>","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"1831-1840"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sex differences in visuospatial cognition- a female advantage in jigsaw puzzle solving. 视觉空间认知的性别差异--女性在拼图解题中的优势。
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-20 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06845-4
Daniela E Aguilar Ramirez, Jarrod Blinch, Kurt Robertson, Joseph Opdenaker, Claudia L R Gonzalez
{"title":"Sex differences in visuospatial cognition- a female advantage in jigsaw puzzle solving.","authors":"Daniela E Aguilar Ramirez, Jarrod Blinch, Kurt Robertson, Joseph Opdenaker, Claudia L R Gonzalez","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06845-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06845-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mentally visualizing objects, understanding relationships between two- or three- dimensional objects, and manipulating objects in space are some examples of visuospatial abilities. Numerous studies have shown that male participants outperform female participants in visuospatial tasks, particularly in mental rotation. One exception is solving jigsaw puzzles. Performance by seven- to eight-year-old girls was found to be superior to that of boys of the same age (Kocijan et al. 2017). No study, however, has confirmed this finding in an adult population, where sex differences are often detectable. Seventy-nine young adult participants were given four different jigsaw puzzles and the Shepard and Metzler mental rotation test (MRT) with two main goals: First, to investigate possible sex differences in jigsaw puzzle solving, and second, to explore a potential relationship between mental rotation and jigsaw puzzle solving. We hypothesized that female participants would outperform males in the jigsaw puzzles but males would outperform females in the MRT. The findings confirmed this hypothesis. Notably, the male performance in jigsaw puzzle solving was attributed to their sex and mediated by their higher MRT scores. These results yielded two key insights. First, they indicate a dissociation between these two visuospatial abilities, jigsaw puzzle solving and mental rotation; and second, female and male participants capitalize on their distinct cognitive strengths when solving visuospatial tasks.</p>","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"1821-1830"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141283387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Contribution of external reference frame to tactile localization. 外部参照系对触觉定位的贡献
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06877-w
Shunsuke Otsuka, Han Gao, Koichi Hiraoka
{"title":"Contribution of external reference frame to tactile localization.","authors":"Shunsuke Otsuka, Han Gao, Koichi Hiraoka","doi":"10.1007/s00221-024-06877-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00221-024-06877-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of the present study was to elucidate whether an external reference frame contributes to tactile localization in blindfolded healthy humans. In a session, the right forearm was passively moved until the elbow finally reached to the target angle, and participants reached the left index finger to the right middle fingertip. The locus of the right middle fingertip indicated by the participants deviated in the direction of the elbow extension when vibration was provided to the biceps brachii muscle during the passive movement. This finding indicates that proprioception contributes to the identification of the spatial coordinate of the specific body part in an external reference frame. In another session, the tactile stimulus was provided to the dorsal of the right hand during the passive movement, and the participants reached the left index finger to the spatial locus at which the tactile stimulus was provided. Vibration to the biceps brachii muscle did not change the perceived locus of the tactile stimulus indicated by the left index finger. This finding indicates that an external reference frame does not contribute to tactile localization during the passive movement. Humans may estimate the spatial coordinate of the tactile stimulus based on the time between the movement onset and the time at which the tactile stimulus is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":12268,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Brain Research","volume":" ","pages":"1957-1970"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141450176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Frontal cortex neurometabolites and mobility in older adults: a preliminary study. 老年人额叶皮层神经代谢物与活动能力:一项初步研究。
IF 1.7 4区 医学
Experimental Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-29 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06881-0
Nikou Nikoumanesh, Colleen J Chase, Rajakumar Nagarajan, Katie Potter, Douglas N Martini
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