Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory, Brandeis University , Waltham, Massachusetts.
J Neurophysiol. 2019 Jun 1;121(6):2028-2041. doi: 10.1152/jn.00606.2018. Epub 2019 Apr 3.
Studying adaptation to Coriolis perturbations of arm movements has advanced our understanding of motor control and learning. We have now applied this paradigm to two-dimensional postural sway. We measured how subjects ( = 8) standing at the center of a fully enclosed rotating room who made voluntary anterior-posterior swaying movements adapted to the Coriolis perturbations generated by their sway. Subjects underwent four voluntary sway trials prerotation, 20 per-rotation at 10 rpm counterclockwise, and 10 postrotation. Each trial lasted 20 s, and subjects were permitted normal vision. Their voluntary sway during rotation generated Coriolis forces that initially induced rightward deviations of their forward sway paths and leftward deviations of their backward sway. Sagittal plane sway was gradually restored over per-rotation trials, and a mirror image aftereffect occurred in postrotation trials. Dual force plate data analysis showed that subjects learned to counter the Coriolis accelerations during rotation by executing a bimodal torque pattern that was asymmetric across legs and contingent on forward vs. backward movement. The experience-dependent acquisition and washout of this compensation indicate that an internal, feedforward model underlies the leg-asymmetric bimodal torque compensation, contingent on forward vs. backward movement. The learned torque asymmetry we observed for forward vs. backward sway is not consistent with parallel two-leg models of postural control. This paper describes adaptation to Coriolis force perturbations of voluntary sway in a rotating environment. During counterclockwise rotation, sway paths are deviated clockwise, but full restoration of fore-aft sway is regained in minutes. Negative aftereffects are briefly present postrotation. Current parallel leg models of postural control cannot account for these findings, which show that postural control, like arm movement control, can adapt rapidly and completely to the Coriolis forces generated in artificial gravity environments.
研究手臂运动对科里奥利力扰动的适应有助于深入了解运动控制和学习。我们现在将这一范式应用于二维姿势摆动。我们测量了 8 名受试者在完全封闭的旋转室内站在中心位置时的情况,他们进行了自主的前后摆动以适应由他们的摆动产生的科里奥利力扰动。受试者在预旋转、20 次逆时针 10rpm 旋转和 10 次后旋转中进行了 4 次自愿摆动试验。每个试验持续 20 秒,允许受试者正常视力。他们在旋转时的自愿摆动产生了科里奥利力,这些力最初导致他们向前摆动路径向右偏离,向后摆动路径向左偏离。在旋转试验中,矢状面摆动逐渐恢复,在后旋转试验中出现镜像后效。双力板数据分析表明,受试者通过执行不对称的双腿双模态扭矩模式来学习抵消旋转过程中的科里奥利加速度,这种模式取决于向前还是向后运动。这种补偿的经验性获得和消退表明,一种内部的、前馈模型是腿部不对称双模态扭矩补偿的基础,这种补偿取决于向前还是向后运动。我们观察到的向前和向后摆动的学习扭矩不对称与姿势控制的平行双腿模型不一致。本文描述了在旋转环境中自愿摆动对科里奥利力扰动的适应。逆时针旋转时,摆动路径向顺时针方向偏离,但几分钟内就可以完全恢复前后摆动。后旋转时会短暂出现负后效。目前的姿势控制平行腿模型无法解释这些发现,这些发现表明,与手臂运动控制一样,姿势控制可以快速且完全适应人造重力环境中产生的科里奥利力。