title: Lack of bilateral coherence of post-movement central beta oscillations in the human electroencephalogram.
abstract: Voluntary finger movement results in attenuation or desynchronization of the Rolandic mu and central beta rhythms some seconds before movement, followed by a post-movement synchronization of the central beta activity (post-movement beta synchronization). Although it has been demonstrated that the Rolandic mu rhythms show a lack of bilateral coherence, the coherence between post-movement central beta oscillations over left and right hemispheres has, as yet, not been investigated. In this study, post-movement changes in central beta activity over left and right sensorimotor hand areas are investigated in 13 healthy subjects by calculation of event-related coherence (ERCoh). The ERCoh time course allows the investigation of linear phase-coupling before, during and after voluntary movement. It is shown that no interhemispheric coherence exists between post-movement beta oscillations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town Observatory, South Africa.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pfurtscheller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001611:Beta Rhythm; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D009991:Oscillometry; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology