• Neuroscience · Jul 2022

    Tactile Perception of Right Middle Fingertip Suppresses Excitability of Motor Cortex Supplying Right First Dorsal Interosseous Muscle.

    • Hitoshi Oda, Ryo Tsujinaka, Shiho Fukuda, Yasushi Sawaguchi, and Koichi Hiraoka.
    • Graduate School of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino City, Osaka, Japan.
    • Neuroscience. 2022 Jul 1; 494: 82-93.

    AbstractThe present study examined whether tactile perception of the fingertip modulates excitability of the motor cortex supplying the intrinsic hand muscle and whether this modulation is specific to the fingertip stimulated and the muscle and hand tested. Tactile stimulation was given to one of the five fingertips in the left or right hand, and transcranial magnetic stimulation eliciting motor evoked potential in the first dorsal interosseous muscle (FDI) or abductor digiti minimi was given 200 ms after the onset of tactile stimulation. The corticospinal excitability of the FDI at rest was suppressed by the tactile stimulation of the right middle fingertip, but such suppression was absent for the other fingers stimulated and for the other muscle or hand tested. The persistence and amplitude of the F-wave was not significantly influenced by tactile stimulation of the fingertip in the right hand. These findings indicate that tactile perception of the right middle fingertip suppresses excitability of the motor cortex supplying the right FDI at rest. The suppression of corticospinal excitability was absent during tonic contraction of the right FDI, indicating that the motor execution process interrupts the tactile perception-induced suppression of motor cortical excitability supplying the right FDI. These findings are in line with a view that the tactile perception of the right middle finger induces surround inhibition of the motor cortex supplying the prime mover of the finger neighboring the stimulated finger.Copyright © 2022 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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