Goal-directed modulation of stretch reflex gains is reduced in the non-dominant upper limb.
goal-directed
handedness
movement preparation
non-dominant
stretch reflex
Journal
The European journal of neuroscience
ISSN: 1460-9568
Titre abrégé: Eur J Neurosci
Pays: France
ID NLM: 8918110
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2023
11 2023
Historique:
revised:
08
08
2023
received:
07
03
2023
accepted:
31
08
2023
medline:
8
11
2023
pubmed:
20
9
2023
entrez:
20
9
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Most individuals experience their dominant arm as being more dexterous than the non-dominant arm, but the neural mechanisms underlying this asymmetry in motor behaviour are unclear. Using a delayed-reach task, we have recently demonstrated strong goal-directed tuning of stretch reflex gains in the dominant upper limb of human participants. Here, we used an equivalent experimental paradigm to address the neural mechanisms that underlie the preparation for reaching movements with the non-dominant upper limb. There were consistent effects of load, preparatory delay duration and target direction on the long latency stretch reflex. However, by comparing stretch reflex responses in the non-dominant arm with those previously documented in the dominant arm, we demonstrate that goal-directed tuning of short and long latency stretch reflexes is markedly weaker in the non-dominant limb. The results indicate that the motor performance asymmetries across the two upper limbs are partly due to the more sophisticated control of reflexive stiffness in the dominant limb, likely facilitated by the superior goal-directed control of muscle spindle receptors. Our findings therefore suggest that fusimotor control may play a role in determining performance of complex motor behaviours and support existing proposals that the dominant arm is better supplied than the non-dominant arm for executing more complex tasks, such as trajectory control.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
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© 2023 The Authors. European Journal of Neuroscience published by Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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