Mechanisms of Hebbian‐like plasticity in the ventral premotor–primary motor network

A Casarotto, E Dolfini, P Cardellicchio… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The functional connection between ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and primary motor cortex
(M1) is critical for the organization of goal‐directed actions. Repeated activation of this …

Is cortical inhibition in primary motor cortex related to executive control?

M Loomes, DMD Tran, NS Chowdhury, DP Birney… - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent research using paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has shown that
the speed with which people can stop an action is linked to GABAergic inhibitory activity in …

The role of dorsal premotor cortex in joint action stopping

P Cardellicchio, E Dolfini, A D'Ausilio - IScience, 2021 - cell.com
Human sensorimotor interaction requires mutual behavioral adaptation as well as shared
cognitive task representations (Joint Action, JA). Yet, an under-investigated aspect of JA is …

When the heart inhibits the brain: Cardiac phases modulate short-interval intracortical inhibition

M Paci, P Cardellicchio, P Di Luzio, MG Perrucci… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
The phasic cardiovascular activity influences the central nervous system through the systolic
baroreceptor inputs, inducing widespread inhibitory effects on behavior. Through …

Stop affordance task: a measure of the motor interference effect

A Casarotto, E Dolfini, P Cardellicchio - Cognitive Processing, 2024 - Springer
The term affordance refers to the property or quality of an object that indicates the ways in
which it could potentially be used. Affordances elicit automatic motor representations that …

[HTML][HTML] The value of corticospinal excitability and intracortical inhibition in predicting motor skill improvement driven by action observation

A Nuara, MC Bazzini, P Cardellicchio, E Scalona… - Neuroimage, 2023 - Elsevier
The observation of other's actions represents an essential element for the acquisition of
motor skills. While action observation is known to induce changes in the excitability of the …

The value of corticospinal excitability and intracortical inhibition in predicting motor skill improvement driven by action observation

A Nuara, C Bazzini, P Cardellicchio, E Scalona… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Action observation can sustain motor skill
improvement. At the neurophysiological level, action observation affects the excitability of …

Hebbian-like plasticity induction in ventral premotor–primary motor network reveals its dynamics during different prehension actions

A Casarotto - 2024 - sfera.unife.it
Ogni funzione espressa dal cervello si basa su una rete complessa e, nessuna funzione
integrativa può emergere dal contributo di una singola area. Su questa base e al fine di …

[PDF][PDF] The role of action observation training in motor learning. Behavioral, electromyographic and TMS investigations

MC Bazzini - 2023 - repository.unipr.it
The notion that action observation activates the human motor system opened the point of
whether it can also promote neuroplasticity processes, in turn facilitating–or even only …

Il ruolo dell'osservazione delle azioni nel recupero e nell'acquisizione delle abilità motorie

A Nuara - 2021 - iris.unimore.it
The observation of an action is able to trigger in the observer's motor system an activity
similar to that evoked by the correspondent action execution. Such a capacity to transform …