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J Neurophysiol (November 24, 2004). doi:10.1152/jn.00996.2004
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Submitted on September 22, 2004
Accepted on November 13, 2004

Changes in the inhibitory control exerted by the antagonist Ia afferents on Human wrist extensor motor units during an attention-demanding motor task

Gilel Nafati1, Annie Schmied1, and Christiane Rossi-Durand1*

1 laboratoire de Plasticite et Physio-Pathologie de la Motricite (P3M), C.N.R.S., Marseille, France, Metropolitan

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: crd{at}dpm.cnrs-mrs.fr.

The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which an attention-demanding visuomotor task affects the strength of the inhibitory control exerted by the wrist flexor group Ia afferents on the wrist extensor motoneurons. Effects of median nerve stimulation on the tonic activity of wrist extensor single motor units were analysed in terms of the interspike interval (ISI) lengthening. Results show that the inhibitory effects exerted by the antagonistic group Ia afferents were significantly enhanced when the wrist extensor motoneurones were involved in an attention-demanding task. Enhanced inhibition from antagonist afferents may reflect task-related changes in the excitability of the di- and/or polysynaptic pathways mediating reciprocal inhibition due to either the action of descending inputs and/or an increase in the efficiency of the Ia inputs to the premotoneuronal inhibitory interneurones. Modulation of the inhibition exerted by proprioceptive antagonist afferents may be one of the processes which contribute to the fine adjustment of the wrist muscle force output required in fine handling tasks.




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