Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task

The neuroimaging literature on cerebral palsy (CP) has predominantly focused on identifying structural aberrations within the white matter (e.g., fiber track integrity), with very few studies examining neural activity within the key networks that serve the production of motor actions. The current in...

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Main Authors: Max J. Kurz, Amy L. Proskovec, James E. Gehringer, Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, Tony W. Wilson
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158217301134
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spelling doaj-de74922f50b440a4a1a928e256dbab6b2020-11-24T21:32:05ZengElsevierNeuroImage: Clinical2213-15822017-01-0115298305Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor taskMax J. Kurz0Amy L. Proskovec1James E. Gehringer2Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham3Tony W. Wilson4Department of Physical Therapy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States; Center for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States; Corresponding author at: Department of Physical Therapy, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5450, United States.Center for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States; Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska – Omaha, Omaha, NE, United StatesDepartment of Physical Therapy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States; Center for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United StatesCenter for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States; Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United StatesCenter for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States; Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United StatesThe neuroimaging literature on cerebral palsy (CP) has predominantly focused on identifying structural aberrations within the white matter (e.g., fiber track integrity), with very few studies examining neural activity within the key networks that serve the production of motor actions. The current investigation used high-density magnetoencephalography to begin to fill this knowledge gap by quantifying the temporal dynamics of the alpha and beta cortical oscillations in children with CP (age=15.5±3 years; GMFCS levels II–III) and typically developing (TD) children (age=14.1±3 years) during a goal-directed isometric target-matching task using the knee joint. Advanced beamforming methods were used to image the cortical oscillations during the movement planning and execution stages. Compared with the TD children, our results showed that the children with CP had stronger alpha and beta event-related desynchronization (ERD) within the primary motor cortices, premotor area, inferior parietal lobule, and inferior frontal gyrus during the motor planning stage. Differences in beta ERD amplitude extended through the motor execution stage within the supplementary motor area and premotor cortices, and a stronger alpha ERD was detected in the anterior cingulate. Interestingly, our results also indicated that alpha and beta oscillations were weaker in the children with CP within the occipital cortices and visual MT area during movement execution. These altered alpha and beta oscillations were accompanied by slower reaction times and substantial target matching errors in the children with CP. We also identified that the strength of the alpha and beta ERDs during the motor planning and execution stages were correlated with the motor performance. Lastly, our regression analyses suggested that the beta ERD within visual areas during motor execution primarily predicted the amount of motor errors. Overall, these data suggest that uncharacteristic alpha and beta oscillations within visuomotor cortical networks play a prominent role in the atypical motor actions exhibited by children with CP. Keywords: Isometric, Lower extremity, Magnetoencephalography, Visionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158217301134
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author Max J. Kurz
Amy L. Proskovec
James E. Gehringer
Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham
Tony W. Wilson
spellingShingle Max J. Kurz
Amy L. Proskovec
James E. Gehringer
Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham
Tony W. Wilson
Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task
NeuroImage: Clinical
author_facet Max J. Kurz
Amy L. Proskovec
James E. Gehringer
Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham
Tony W. Wilson
author_sort Max J. Kurz
title Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task
title_short Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task
title_full Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task
title_fullStr Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task
title_full_unstemmed Children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task
title_sort children with cerebral palsy have altered oscillatory activity in the motor and visual cortices during a knee motor task
publisher Elsevier
series NeuroImage: Clinical
issn 2213-1582
publishDate 2017-01-01
description The neuroimaging literature on cerebral palsy (CP) has predominantly focused on identifying structural aberrations within the white matter (e.g., fiber track integrity), with very few studies examining neural activity within the key networks that serve the production of motor actions. The current investigation used high-density magnetoencephalography to begin to fill this knowledge gap by quantifying the temporal dynamics of the alpha and beta cortical oscillations in children with CP (age=15.5±3 years; GMFCS levels II–III) and typically developing (TD) children (age=14.1±3 years) during a goal-directed isometric target-matching task using the knee joint. Advanced beamforming methods were used to image the cortical oscillations during the movement planning and execution stages. Compared with the TD children, our results showed that the children with CP had stronger alpha and beta event-related desynchronization (ERD) within the primary motor cortices, premotor area, inferior parietal lobule, and inferior frontal gyrus during the motor planning stage. Differences in beta ERD amplitude extended through the motor execution stage within the supplementary motor area and premotor cortices, and a stronger alpha ERD was detected in the anterior cingulate. Interestingly, our results also indicated that alpha and beta oscillations were weaker in the children with CP within the occipital cortices and visual MT area during movement execution. These altered alpha and beta oscillations were accompanied by slower reaction times and substantial target matching errors in the children with CP. We also identified that the strength of the alpha and beta ERDs during the motor planning and execution stages were correlated with the motor performance. Lastly, our regression analyses suggested that the beta ERD within visual areas during motor execution primarily predicted the amount of motor errors. Overall, these data suggest that uncharacteristic alpha and beta oscillations within visuomotor cortical networks play a prominent role in the atypical motor actions exhibited by children with CP. Keywords: Isometric, Lower extremity, Magnetoencephalography, Vision
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158217301134
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