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Mechanisms of Network Interactions for Flexible Cortico-Basal Ganglia-Mediated Action Control.

Petra Fischer

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Article in eNeuro. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Local Field Potentials in Movement Disorders: A Narrative Review.Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Petra FischerMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, OX3 9DU Oxford, United Kingdom petra.fischer@ndcn.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5585-8977
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_00003/2Medical Research Council MC_UU_12024/1Medical Research Council MR/V00655X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In humans, finely tuned γ synchronization (60-90 Hz) rapidly appears at movement onset in a motor control network involving primary motor cortex, the basal ganglia and motor thalamus. Yet the functional consequences of brief movement-related synchronization are still unclear. Distinct synchronization phenomena have also been linked to different forms of motor inhibition, including relaxing antagonist muscles, rapid movement interruption and stabilizing network dynamics for sustained contractions. Here, I will introduce detailed hypotheses about how intrasite and intersite synchronization could interact with firing rate changes in different parts of the network to enable flexible action control. The here proposed cause-and-effect relationships shine a spotlight on potential key mechanisms of cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical (CBGTC) communication. Confirming or revising these hypotheses will be critical in understanding the neuronal basis of flexible movement initiation, invigoration and inhibition. Ultimately, the study of more complex cognitive phenomena will also become more tractable once we understand the neuronal mechanisms underlying behavioral readouts.

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Basal GangliaMotor CortexCerebral CortexHumansMovementNeuronsThalamusinhibitionmovement vigorphase couplingSTNβγ

Identifiers

PMID33883192
PMCPMC8205496
OpenAlexW3136953965

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