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Task-dependent intracortical inhibition is impaired in focal hand dystonia

✍ Scribed by Cathrin M. Bütefisch; Babak Boroojerdi; Robert Chen; Fortunato Battaglia; Mark Hallett

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
125 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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Abstract

We tested whether task‐dependent modulation of inhibition within the motor cortex is impaired in patients with dystonia. Paired‐pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) at an interstimulus interval of 2 msec was used to measure the effect of two different tasks on short ISI intracortical inhibition (SICI) in dystonic and normal subjects. In two experiments, SICI of the fourth dorsal interosseus (4DIO) and abductor pollicis brevis (APB) muscles were measured before and at the end of the training task. In the first experiment, subjects performed a nonselective task consisting of abducting the thumb, where the APB acted as agonist and the 4DIO as synergist. In the second experiment, the function of the 4DIO was changed as the subjects were asked to consciously inhibit this muscle while abducting the thumb (selective task). Therefore, while the APB was activated in both tasks, the 4DIO was activated in the nonselective task but was in the inhibitory surround in the selective task. We found that performance of the selective but not the nonselective task resulted in increased SICI in the 4DIO of normal but not in dystonic subjects. We conclude that task‐dependent SICI is disturbed in patients with dystonia. © 2005 Movement Disorder Society

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