Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The vertebrate brain can rapidly adjust voluntary movements in response to errors through a process of trial-by-trial motor adaptation.There are several regions of the brain known to influence this adaptation of voluntary movements.The cerebellum is the principal area associated with adaptive movements and is thought to enable predictions of the consequences of movements.The motor cortex has been implicated in the long-term memory and maintenance of appropriate patterns of neural activity to execute accurate movements-the motor engram.The prefrontal cortex has also been implicated in the implementation of cognitive strategies and maintaining task engagement.Evidence to-date showing each of these areas' influence on motor adaptation suggests a functional network that works together to appropriately modify motor actions in response to behavioural errors.The neural mechanisms by which these distant nodes communicate with one another are not yet understood.The present study has investigated the neurophysiological changes that occur in the neural activity of the cerebellum (paravermal cortex), motor cortex and prefrontal cortex, as well as SIGNED: ………………………………………………..
Author: Henry Darch
Language: English
Topic: Motor Control and Adaptation
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2964448252