Sensory Recalibration from Visually Amplified Rotations While Walking
... Recent work has pointed to the advantages of using distorted reality to foster sensorimotor adaptations. Here we evaluate the extent to which a visuomotor discrepancy created...
Article of journal "Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering" | Johnson Tyler; Nandakumar Nikhil; Kenyon Robert; Patton James | 2016
The Primate Substantia Nigra and VTA: Integrative Circuitry and Function
... striatum, including motor areas. A dorsal tier of dopamine neurons receive input from the ventral (limbic) striatum and the amygdala and project widely throughout cortex. A more ventrally located group of dopamine cells receives input from both the limbic and association areas of striatum and project widely throughout the striatum including the sensorimotor...
Article of journal "Critical Reviews in Neurobiology" | Haber Suzanne N.; Fudge Julie L. | 1997
Complexity in Neurobiology: Perspectives from the study of noise in human motor systems
... illustrate our position on how the sciences of complexity and the study of noise can inform neurobiology, we use three systematic examples from the study of human motor control and learning: 1) phase transitions in bimanual coordination; 2) balance, intermittency, and discontinuous control; and 3) sensorimotor synchronization and...
Article of journal "Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering" | Balasubramaniam Ramesh; Torre Kjerstin | 2013
Executive Function: Application in the Rehabilitation of Chronic Pain
Executive function (EF) is a control mechanism of human cognition that provides the capability to select actions in relation to internal goals organized by the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The PFC is essential for the temporal integration of sensory information in the sequencing of optimum motor ...
Article of journal "Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine" | Uddin Zakir; MacDermid Joy C.; Galea Victoria | 2013
... changes to muscle and motor unit morphology. In addition, neural mechanisms contributing to strength loss, such as reduced central drive (voluntary activation of the quadriceps muscle) due to alterations in joint architecture, may occur independently of normal aging processes. Furthermore, evidence from a variety of study designs illustrates a possible role for sensorimotor...
Article of journal "Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine" | Berger Michael J.; Doherty Timothy J. | 2007