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ArticleCommunications biology2025

Modulation of beta oscillatory dynamics in motor and frontal areas during physical fatigue.

Pierre-Marie Matta, Robin Baurès, Julien Duclay, Andrea Alamia

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 authors.

Pierre-Marie MattaCerCo, Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France. pierre-marie.matta@inserm.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9294-3277
Robin BaurèsCerCo, Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
Julien DuclayToNIC, Toulouse NeuroImaging Center, Université de Toulouse, INSERM, UPS, Toulouse, France.
Andrea AlamiaCerCo, Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-2161

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 101075930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beta-band oscillations have been suggested to promote the maintenance of the current motor (or cognitive) set, thus signaling the 'status quo' of the system. While this hypothesis has been reliably demonstrated in many studies, it fails to explain changes in beta-band activity due to the accumulation of physical fatigue. In the current study, we aimed to reconcile the functional role of beta oscillations during physical fatigue within the status quo theory. Using an innovative electroencephalography design, we identified two distinct beta-band power dynamics in the motor areas as fatigue rises: (i) an enhancement at rest, supposedly promoting the resting state, and (ii) a decrease during contraction, thought to reflect the increase in motor cortex activation necessary to cope with muscular fatigue. We then conducted effective connectivity analyses, which revealed that the modulations during contractions were driven by frontal areas. Finally, we implemented a biologically plausible model to replicate and characterize our results mechanistically. Together, our findings anchor the physical fatigue paradigm within the status quo theory, thus shedding light on the functional role of beta oscillations in physical fatigue. We further discuss a unified interpretation that might explain the conflicting evidence previously encountered in the physical fatigue literature.

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Beta RhythmFrontal LobeMotor CortexMuscle FatigueAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleMuscle ContractionYoung Adult

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PMID40307437
PMCPMC12044028

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