Microstimulation Activates a Handful of Muscle Synergies

Neuron

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1071-1077

  Overduin, Simon A ^a   d'Avella, Andrea ^b   Carmena, Jose M ^a   Bizzi, Emilio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; KINESTHESIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; POSTURE;

EID: 84871399921     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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