title: Cerebral control of unimanual and bimanual movements: an H2(15)O PET study.
abstract: We measured regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during unimanual and bimanual movements using H2(15)O PET. Six healthy volunteers performed unimanual, bimanual-symmetric and bimanual-asymmetric ballistic finger movements. The study was designed to minimize anticipation and preparation of movements. Data were analysed using SPM. Unpredictably paced unimanual movements resulted in significant activation of contralateral primary motor-somatosensory cortex (M1-S1) and mesial frontal cortex (p < 0.001). Performance of symmetric bimanual movements resulted in bilateral activation, but no additional activation of mesial frontal cortex was shown. Comparison of asymmetric with symmetric bimanual movements revealed additional recruitment of mesial frontal cortex (p< 0.001). We suggest that rostral mesial frontal cortex facilitates asymmetric non-mirrored bimanual finger movements.
authors.affiliation: Division de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Goerres
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000502:physiology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011699:Putamen / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes