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Short-latency influence of medial frontal cortex on primary motor cortex during action selection under conflict

Mars, RB; Klein, MC; Neubert, F-X; Olivier, E; Buch, ER; Boorman, ED; Rushworth, MFS; (2009) Short-latency influence of medial frontal cortex on primary motor cortex during action selection under conflict. The Journal of Neuroscience , 29 (21) 6926 - 6931. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1396-09.2009. Green open access

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Abstract

Medial frontal cortex (MFC) is crucial when actions have to be inhibited, reprogrammed, or selected under conflict, but the precise mechanism by which it operates is unclear. Importantly, how and when the MFC influences the primary motor cortex (M1) during action selection is unknown. Using paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation, we investigated functional connectivity between the presupplementary motor area (pre-SMA) part of MFC and M1. We found that functional connectivity increased in a manner dependent on cognitive context: pre-SMA facilitated the motor evoked-potential elicited by M1 stimulation only during action reprogramming, but not when otherwise identical actions were made in the absence of conflict. The effect was anatomically specific to pre-SMA; it was not seen when adjacent brain regions were stimulated. We discuss implications for the anatomical pathways mediating the observed effects.

Type: Article
Title: Short-latency influence of medial frontal cortex on primary motor cortex during action selection under conflict
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1396-09.2009
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/174859
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