Neurophysiological correlates of motor skill learning : reorganization of movement representations within motor cortex

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dc.contributor.authorHogg, Theresa M.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorKleim, Jeffrey
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-10T17:01:27Z
dc.date.available2007-05-10T17:01:27Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionviii, 108 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis used a rodent model of skilled forelimb training and intracortical microstimulation to examine the relationship between learning and cortical reorganization. This thesis examines how reorganization is related to the specific changes in forelimb movements during learning. It also examines the role that task reptition plays in driving motor cortex reorganization and showed that once the skilled motor task had been acquired it was necessary to repeat the task sufficiently to produce motor cortex reorganiztion. This thesis also examines reorganization following skilled reach training was related to the consolidation of motor skill, finding that animals that learned the skilled reaching task after five days of training also showed cortical reorganization, which persisted for one month. These experiments show that the distribution and subsequent redistribution of movement representations within motor cortex is related to changes in motor performance that occur during motor training.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/182
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2002en
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Pyschology
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.subjectMotor cortexen
dc.subjectMotor abilityen
dc.subjectMovement, Psychology ofen
dc.subjectRats -- Behavioren
dc.titleNeurophysiological correlates of motor skill learning : reorganization of movement representations within motor cortexen
dc.typeThesisen
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