Sensorimotor adaptation of point-to-point arm movements after spaceflight:The role of internal representation of gravity force in trajectory planning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 620-629

  Gaveau, Jérémie ^a,b   Paizis, Christos ^a,c   Berret, Bastien ^d   Pozzo, Thierry ^a,b,d   Papaxanthis, Charalambos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Centre d'Expertise de la Performance   (France)

^d Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand kinematics; Humans; Inertia; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TORQUE; VELOCITY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 79960171203     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00081.2011     Document Type: Article

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