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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2014

Alpha- and beta-band oscillations subserve different processes in reactive control of limb movements.

Pierpaolo Pani, Fabio Di Bello, Emiliano Brunamonti, Valeria D'Andrea, Odysseas Papazachariadis, Stefano Ferraina

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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Pierpaolo PaniDepartment Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy.
Fabio Di BelloDepartment Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy.
Emiliano BrunamontiDepartment Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy.
Valeria D'AndreaDepartment Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy ; Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems@UniTn, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Rovereto (TN), Italy.
Odysseas PapazachariadisDepartment Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy.
Stefano FerrainaDepartment Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

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Abstract

The capacity to rapidly suppress a behavioral act in response to sudden instruction to stop is a key cognitive function. This function, called reactive control, is tested in experimental settings using the stop signal task, which requires subjects to generate a movement in response to a go signal or suppress it when a stop signal appears. The ability to inhibit this movement fluctuates over time: sometimes, subjects can stop their response, and at other times, they can not. To determine the neural basis of this fluctuation, we recorded local field potentials (LFPs) in the alpha (6-12 Hz) and beta (13-35 Hz) bands from the dorsal premotor cortex of two nonhuman primates that were performing the task. The ability to countermand a movement after a stop signal was predicted by the activity of both bands, each purportedly representing a distinct neural process. The beta band represents the level of movement preparation; higher beta power corresponds to a lower level of movement preparation, whereas the alpha band supports a proper phasic, reactive inhibitory response: movements are inhibited when alpha band power increases immediately after a stop signal. Our findings support the function of LFP bands in generating the signatures of various neural computations that are multiplexed in the brain.

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alpha-bandbeta-bandcognitive controldorsal premotor cortexmonkeymovement inhibitionreachingstop task

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PMCPMC4220745
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