Title
Transcallosal Inhibition during Motor Imagery: Analysis of a Neural Mass Model.
Abstract
The EEG rhythmic activities of the somato-sensory cortex reveal event-related desynchronization (ERD) or event-related synchronization (ERS) in beta band (14-30Hz) as subjects performcertain tasks or react to specific stimuli. Data reported for imagination of movement support the hypothesis that activation of one sensorimotor area (SMA) can be accompanied by deactivation of the other. In order to improve our understanding of beta ERD/ERS generation, two neural mass models (NMM) of a cortical column taken from Wendling et al. (2002) were interconnected to simulate the transmission of information from one cortex to the other. The results show that the excitation of one cortex leads to inhibition of the other and vice versa, enforcing the Theory of Inhibition. This behavior strongly depends on the initial working point (WP) of the neural populations (between the linear and the upper saturation region of a sigmoidal function) and on how the cortical activation or deactivation can move the WP in the upper saturation region ERD or in the linear region ERS, respectively.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3389/fncom.2017.00057
FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
Keywords
Field
DocType
ERD/ERS,EEG,neural mass model,transcallosal connection,Theory of Inhibition,Theory of Excitation
Cortex (botany),Neuroscience,Computer science,Cortical column,Stimulus (physiology),Beta (finance),Rhythm,Electroencephalography,Motor imagery
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
11
1662-5188
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anna Lisa Mangia141.85
M. Ursino211113.13
Maurizio Lannocca321.41
Angelo Cappello418237.50