Reduced surround inhibition in musicians
- Authors
- Shin, Hae-Won; Kang, Suk Y.; Hallett, Mark; Sohn, Young H.
- Issue Date
- Jun-2012
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Surround inhibition; Motor evoked potential; Musician; Dystonia
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v.219, no.3, pp 403 - 408
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
- Volume
- 219
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 403
- End Page
- 408
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/20267
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00221-012-3102-z
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
1432-1106
- Abstract
- To investigate whether surround inhibition (SI) in the motor system is altered in professional musicians, we performed a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) study in 10 professional musicians and 15 age-matched healthy non-musicians. TMS was set to be triggered by self-initiated flexion of the index finger at different intervals ranging from 3 to 1,000 ms. Average motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes obtained from self-triggered TMS were normalized to average MEPs of the control TMS at rest and expressed as a percentage. Normalized MEP amplitudes of the abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles were compared between the musicians and non-musicians with the primary analysis being the intervals between 3 and 80 ms (during the movement). A mixed-design ANOVA revealed a significant difference in normalized ADM MEPs during the index finger flexion between groups, with less SI in the musicians. This study demonstrated that the functional operation of SI is less strong in musicians than non-musicians, perhaps due to practice of movement synergies involving both muscles. Reduced SI, however, could lead susceptible musicians to be prone to develop task-specific dystonia.
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