Duration-dependent Response of Si to Vibrotactile Stimulation in Squirrel Monkey.
From: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Journal of neurophysiology
- Publish Date: Mar 2007
- ISSN: 0022-3077
- Volume: 97
- Issue: 3
- Pages: 2121-9
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Simons S B, Chiu J, Favorov O V, et al. Duration-dependent Response of Si to Vibrotactile Stimulation in Squirrel Monkey.. J. Neurophysiol. Mar 2007;97:2121-9
Abstract
In previous studies, we showed that the spatial and intensive aspects of the SI response to skin flutter stimulation are modified systematically as stimulus amplitude is increased. In this study, we examined the effects of duration of skin flutter stimulation on the spatiotemporal characteristics of the response of SI cortex. Optical intrinsic signal (OIS) imaging was used to study the evoked response in SI of anesthetized squirrel monkeys to 25-Hz sinusoidal vertical skin displacement stimulation. Four stimulus durations were tested (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 5.0 s); all stimuli were delivered to a discrete site on the glabrous skin of the contralateral forelimb. Skin stimulation evoked a prominent increase in absorbance within the forelimb regions in SI of the contralateral hemisphere. Responses to brief (0.5 s) stimuli were weaker and spatially more extensive than responses to longer duration stimuli (1.0, 2.0, and 5.0 s). Stimuli >or=1 s in duration suppressed responses to below background levels (decreased absorbance) in regions that surrounded the maximally activated region. The magnitude of the suppression in the surrounding regions was nonuniform and usually was strongest medial and posterior to the maximally activated region. The results show that sustained (>or=1.0 s) stimulation decreases the spatial extent of the responding SI cortical population. Registration of the optical responses with the previously documented SI topographical organization strongly suggests that the cortical regions that undergo the strongest suppression represent skin sites that are normally co-stimulated during tactile exploration.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Brain Mapping, Functional Laterality, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Neural Pathways, Physical Stimulation, Reaction Time, Saimiri, Skin, Somatosensory Cortex, Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared, Time Factors, Touch, Vibration
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