eprintid: 1355065 rev_number: 34 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/35/50/65 datestamp: 2012-08-07 19:05:35 lastmod: 2021-10-04 00:12:04 status_changed: 2012-08-07 19:05:35 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Filevich, E creators_name: Kühn, S creators_name: Haggard, P title: Negative motor phenomena in cortical stimulation: implications for inhibitory control of human action. ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F69 keywords: Brain Mapping, Electric Stimulation, Evoked Potentials, Motor, Humans, Motor Cortex, Movement note: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. abstract: Electrical stimulation of the human cortex typically elicits positive sensorimotor effects. However, many neurosurgical studies have also reported negative motor areas (NMAs) in which stimulation produces inhibition of ongoing movement. The neurocognitive implications of these studies have not been systematically explored. Here we review the neurosurgical literature on NMAs and link this to cognitive mechanisms of inhibition and their role in voluntary control of action. In particular, we discuss the functional validity of NMAs. We contest the sceptical view that negative effects following stimulation merely reflect disruption of positive motor areas. Instead, we suggest that NMAs may produce an inhibitory mechanism under ecologically valid conditions. date: 2012-11 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.014 vfaculties: VFBRS oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review verified: verified_manual elements_source: PubMed elements_id: 414727 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.014 pii: S0010-9452(12)00141-4 language_elements: ENG lyricists_name: Filevich, Elisa lyricists_name: Haggard, Patrick lyricists_id: EFILE12 lyricists_id: PHAGG98 full_text_status: public publication: Cortex volume: 48 number: 10 pagerange: 1251 - 1261 event_location: Italy citation: Filevich, E; Kühn, S; Haggard, P; (2012) Negative motor phenomena in cortical stimulation: implications for inhibitory control of human action. Cortex , 48 (10) 1251 - 1261. 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.014 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.014>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1355065/1/1355065.pdf