Making EMG recordings during fMRI work: experiences from fundamental and applied studies of the motor system

The (dys)functioning motor system provides a challenging system to study. For a thorough understanding of the human motor system, simultaneous measurements of as many involved subsystems as possible, would be a great advantage. In animal studies the relation between brain and muscle activity, has been studied with intracranial recordings together with EMG. In humans, incidental intracranial recordings are available from surgical patients, e.g. preceding epilepsy surgery or after implantation of electrodes for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease. Additionally, combined EEG/MEG-EMG recordings can be appl…