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ArticleScientific reports2021

Mirror neurons are modulated by grip force and reward expectation in the sensorimotor cortices (S1, M1, PMd, PMv).

Md Moin Uddin Atique, Joseph Thachil Francis

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Md Moin Uddin AtiqueDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
Joseph Thachil FrancisDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA. jtfrancis@uh.edu.

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Towards an Autonomous Brain Machine Interface: Integrating Sensorimotor Reward Modulation and Reinforcement LearningR01NS092894 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI FRANCIS, JOSEPH T · 2015 to 2018
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Abstract

Mirror Neurons (MNs) respond similarly when primates make or observe grasping movements. Recent work indicates that reward expectation influences rostral M1 (rM1) during manual, observational, and Brain Machine Interface (BMI) reaching movements. Previous work showed MNs are modulated by subjective value. Here we expand on the above work utilizing two non-human primates (NHPs), one male Macaca Radiata (NHP S) and one female Macaca Mulatta (NHP P), that were trained to perform a cued reward level isometric grip-force task, where the NHPs had to apply visually cued grip-force to move and transport a virtual object. We found a population of (S1 area 1-2, rM1, PMd, PMv) units that significantly represented grip-force during manual and observational trials. We found the neural representation of visually cued force was similar during observational trials and manual trials for the same units; however, the representation was weaker during observational trials. Comparing changes in neural time lags between manual and observational tasks indicated that a subpopulation fit the standard MN definition of observational neural activity lagging the visual information. Neural activity in (S1 areas 1-2, rM1, PMd, PMv) significantly represented force and reward expectation. In summary, we present results indicating that sensorimotor cortices have MNs for visually cued force and value.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsBrain-Computer InterfacesCuesFemaleHand StrengthMacaca mulattaMacaca radiataMaleMirror NeuronsMotivationMotor CortexMovementPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeReward

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