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Interactions between two different inhibitory systems in the human motor cortex

Terence D. Sanger, Rami R. Garg and Robert Chen

1. Intracortical inhibition in the human motor cortex has been previously demonstrated using paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocols at short intervals (1-6 ms; short interval intracortical inhibition, SICI) with a subthreshold conditioning pulse preceding a suprathreshold test pulse, and at long intervals (50-200 ms; long interval intracortical inhibition, LICI) with suprathreshold conditioning and test pulses.

2. We investigated whether different circuits mediate these inhibitory phenomena and how they interact. In nine healthy volunteers, we applied TMS to the motor cortex and recorded motor evoked potentials from the first dorsal interosseous muscle.

3. With increasing test pulse strength, LICI decreases but SICI tends to increase. There was no correlation between the degree of SICI and LICI.

4. We tested the interactions between SICI and LICI. SICI was reduced or eliminated in the presence of LICI. Loss of SICI was seen even with a conditioning stimulus too weak to induce significant LICI.

5. Our findings demonstrate that different cell populations mediate SICI and LICI. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that LICI inhibits SICI through presynaptic GABA_B receptors. Testing of SICI in the presence of LICI may be a non-invasive way of evaluating inhibitory interactions in the human motor cortex.

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