Lack of bilateral coherence of post-movement central beta oscillations in the human electroencephalogram

Neurosci Lett. 1999 Oct 1;273(2):89-92. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00632-1.

Abstract

Voluntary finger movement results in attenuation or desynchronization of the Rolandic mu and central beta rhythms some seconds before movement, followed by a post-movement synchronization of the central beta activity (post-movement beta synchronization). Although it has been demonstrated that the Rolandic mu rhythms show a lack of bilateral coherence, the coherence between post-movement central beta oscillations over left and right hemispheres has, as yet, not been investigated. In this study, post-movement changes in central beta activity over left and right sensorimotor hand areas are investigated in 13 healthy subjects by calculation of event-related coherence (ERCoh). The ERCoh time course allows the investigation of linear phase-coupling before, during and after voluntary movement. It is shown that no interhemispheric coherence exists between post-movement beta oscillations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Beta Rhythm*
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Female
  • Fingers / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Cortex / physiology
  • Movement / physiology*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
  • Oscillometry
  • Somatosensory Cortex / physiology