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  • Title: Reciprocal facilitation of motor evoked potentials immediately before voluntary movements in Parkinson's disease.
    Author: Imai T, Yamamoto T, Ohkubo Y, Kashiwagi M, Chiba S, Matsumoto H.
    Journal: Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol; 1999 Jun; 39(4):201-6. PubMed ID: 10394502.
    Abstract:
    Changes of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) from the agonist and antagonist forearm muscles were investigated in 13 patients with Parkinson's disease and age-matched controls, in whom transcranial magnetic stimulation (TCMS) was delivered to the cortical hand motor area immediately before voluntary wrist flexion. MEPs recorded from the agonist muscles, namely the wrist flexors, were gradually facilitated in accordance with a shortening of the interval between TCMS and wrist flexion in both groups. In contrast, MEPs recorded from the antagonist muscles, namely the wrist extensors, were gradually facilitated as the intervals were shortened only in parkinsonian patients. The reciprocal facilitation of the antagonist MEPs was statistically significant when TCMS was delivered within 80 msec before the voluntary movements, suggesting the presence of the same underlying mechanism of symptomatic cocontraction observed in patients with Parkinson's disease.
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