Plasticity induction in the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) and SMA-proper differentially affects visuomotor sequence learning. 2020

Takahiro Shimizu, and Ritsuko Hanajima, and Yuichiro Shirota, and Ryosuke Tsutsumi, and Nobuyuki Tanaka, and Yasuo Terao, and Masashi Hamada, and Yoshikazu Ugawa
Division of Neurology, Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan; Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. Electronic address: tashimizu-sin@umin.ac.jp.

Both pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) and SMA-proper (SMA) must play important roles in visuomotor sequence learning. However, functional differences between the pre-SMA and SMA have not been well studied in humans. To elucidate the functional differences between the pre-SMA and SMA in sequence learning in humans. To induce LTP/LTD, we administered quadripulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (QPS) with an inter-stimulus interval of 5 or 50 ms (QPS-5/50) over the pre-SMA or SMA in healthy volunteers. The sham stimulation was also done as a control. We studied the effects of LTP/LTD in the pre-SMA/SMA on a new sequence learning and the performance of well-learned sequence by using sequence learning task called the "2 × 10 task". Effects on the simple choice reaction time task were also studied for comparison. QPS-5 over the pre-SMA increased the error rate without any changes in movement speed. When administered over the SMA, QPS-5 decreased, and QPS-50 increased the rate of reaction time reduction across trials without changes in the error rate. QPS over neither the pre-SMA nor SMA affected the performances of a well-learned sequence or a simple choice reaction time task. Our findings that QPS over the pre-SMA correlated with sequence learning performance and that over the SMA with execution speed are consistent with the previous results in animals and humans. Our results lend further support to the utility of QPS for modulating motor learning in humans.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007858 Learning Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge. Phenomenography
D008297 Male Males
D009044 Motor Cortex Area of the FRONTAL LOBE concerned with primary motor control located in the dorsal PRECENTRAL GYRUS immediately anterior to the central sulcus. It is comprised of three areas: the primary motor cortex located on the anterior paracentral lobule on the medial surface of the brain; the premotor cortex located anterior to the primary motor cortex; and the supplementary motor area located on the midline surface of the hemisphere anterior to the primary motor cortex. Brodmann Area 4,Brodmann Area 6,Brodmann's Area 4,Brodmann's Area 6,Premotor Cortex and Supplementary Motor Cortex,Premotor and Supplementary Motor Cortices,Anterior Central Gyrus,Gyrus Precentralis,Motor Area,Motor Strip,Precentral Gyrus,Precentral Motor Area,Precentral Motor Cortex,Premotor Area,Premotor Cortex,Primary Motor Area,Primary Motor Cortex,Secondary Motor Areas,Secondary Motor Cortex,Somatic Motor Areas,Somatomotor Areas,Supplementary Motor Area,Area 4, Brodmann,Area 4, Brodmann's,Area 6, Brodmann,Area 6, Brodmann's,Area, Motor,Area, Precentral Motor,Area, Premotor,Area, Primary Motor,Area, Secondary Motor,Area, Somatic Motor,Area, Somatomotor,Area, Supplementary Motor,Brodmann's Area 6s,Brodmanns Area 4,Brodmanns Area 6,Central Gyrus, Anterior,Cortex, Motor,Cortex, Precentral Motor,Cortex, Premotor,Cortex, Primary Motor,Cortex, Secondary Motor,Cortices, Secondary Motor,Gyrus, Anterior Central,Gyrus, Precentral,Motor Area, Precentral,Motor Area, Primary,Motor Area, Secondary,Motor Area, Somatic,Motor Areas,Motor Cortex, Precentral,Motor Cortex, Primary,Motor Cortex, Secondary,Motor Strips,Precentral Motor Areas,Precentral Motor Cortices,Premotor Areas,Primary Motor Areas,Primary Motor Cortices,Secondary Motor Area,Secondary Motor Cortices,Somatic Motor Area,Somatomotor Area,Supplementary Motor Areas
D009068 Movement The act, process, or result of passing from one place or position to another. It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the passing of the whole body from one place to another, while movement encompasses both locomotion but also a change of the position of the whole body or any of its parts. Movement may be used with reference to humans, vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and microorganisms. Differentiate also from MOTOR ACTIVITY, movement associated with behavior. Movements
D011597 Psychomotor Performance The coordination of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) process and a motor activity. Perceptual Motor Performance,Sensory Motor Performance,Visual Motor Coordination,Coordination, Visual Motor,Coordinations, Visual Motor,Motor Coordination, Visual,Motor Coordinations, Visual,Motor Performance, Perceptual,Motor Performance, Sensory,Motor Performances, Perceptual,Motor Performances, Sensory,Perceptual Motor Performances,Performance, Perceptual Motor,Performance, Psychomotor,Performance, Sensory Motor,Performances, Perceptual Motor,Performances, Psychomotor,Performances, Sensory Motor,Psychomotor Performances,Sensory Motor Performances,Visual Motor Coordinations
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D017774 Long-Term Potentiation A persistent increase in synaptic efficacy, usually induced by appropriate activation of the same synapses. The phenomenological properties of long-term potentiation suggest that it may be a cellular mechanism of learning and memory. Long Term Potentiation,Long-Term Potentiations,Potentiation, Long-Term,Potentiations, Long-Term

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