Neural control of motion-to-force transitions with the fingertip

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1366-1373

  Venkadesan, Madhusudhan ^a,b   Valero Cuevas, Francisco J ^b,c,d  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact transition; Finger; Force; Hand; Motor control; Neural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

EID: 38949132700     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4993-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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