| Project/Area Number |
25750268
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Developmental mechanisms and the body works
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| Research Institution | Niigata University of Health and Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMASHIRO Koya 新潟医療福祉大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (20570782)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
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| Keywords | 両手運動 / 体性感覚 / SEFs / MRCFs / 対称動作 / 非対称動作 / 脳磁図 / 脳波 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present study investigated the effect of differential bimanual movement on the activation of the sensorimotor cortex. We compared somatosensory evoked magnetic fields elicited by stimulation of the right index finger in four different conditions: control, unimanual movement, symmetric bimanual movement and asymmetric bimanual movement. The results revealed that the activity of the temporal and parietal areas corresponding to the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) and the secondary somatosensory cortex (SII) in the symmetric bimanual movement condition was significantly larger than that in other conditions. SI and SII are known to play an important role in sensorimotor integration. Therefore, we suggest that bimanual symmetric movement may easily extract somatosensory information.
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