Modularity speeds up motor learning by overcoming mechanical bias in musculoskeletal geometry

Suboptimal Muscle Synergy Activation Patterns Generalize their Motor Function across Postures

(2016) M. Hongchul Sohn et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Motor primitives—new data and future questions

(2015) Simon F Giszter   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Identification of muscle synergies associated with gait transition in humans

(2015) Shota Hagio et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Deficits in reflexive covert attention following cerebellar injury

(2015) Christopher L. Striemer et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Representation of Muscle Synergies in the Primate Brain

(2015) S. A. Overduin et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuromechanical Principles Underlying Movement Modularity and Their Implications for Rehabilitation

(2015) Lena H. Ting et al.   NEURON

Recruitment of muscle synergies is associated with endpoint force fluctuations during multi-directional isometric contractions

(2015) Shota Hagio et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

CircStat: AMATLABToolbox for Circular Statistics

(2015) Philipp Berens   Journal of Statistical Software

Shared muscle synergies in human walking and cycling

(2014) Filipe O. Barroso et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The flexible recruitment of muscle synergies depends on the required force-generating capability

(2014) Shota Hagio et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Neural constraints on learning

(2014) Patrick T. Sadtler et al.   NATURE

Identification of a cellular node for motor control pathways

(2014) Ariel J Levine et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A modular theory of multisensory integration for motor control

(2014) Michele Tagliabue et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Spinal-Like Regulator Facilitates Control of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Wrist

(2013) G. Raphael et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Differences in Adaptation Rates after Virtual Surgeries Provide Direct Evidence for Modularity

(2013) D. J. Berger et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Preference Distributions of Primary Motor Cortex Neurons Reflect Control Solutions Optimized for Limb Biomechanics

(2013) Timothy P. Lillicrap et al.   NEURON

Learned parametrized dynamic movement primitives with shared synergies for controlling robotic and musculoskeletal systems

(2013) Elmar Rückert et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Robustness of muscle synergies during visuomotor adaptation

(2013) Reinhard Gentner et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

The neural origin of muscle synergies

(2013) Emilio Bizzi et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Common muscle synergies for balance and walking

(2013) Stacie A. Chvatal et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Microstimulation Activates a Handful of Muscle Synergies

(2012) Simon A. Overduin et al.   NEURON

Maximization of Learning Speed in the Motor Cortex Due to Neuronal Redundancy

(2012) Ken Takiyama et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Optimization of Muscle Activity for Task-Level Goals Predicts Complex Changes in Limb Forces across Biomechanical Contexts

(2012) J. Lucas McKay et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Learning with Slight Forgetting Optimizes Sensorimotor Transformation in Redundant Motor Systems

(2012) Masaya Hirashima et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Challenges and New Approaches to Proving the Existence of Muscle Synergies of Neural Origin

(2012) Jason J. Kutch et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Modules in the brain stem and spinal cord underlying motor behaviors

(2011) Jinsook Roh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Dissociating the Roles of the Cerebellum and Motor Cortex during Adaptive Learning: The Motor Cortex Retains What the Cerebellum Learns

(2010) J. M. Galea et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Is interindividual variability of EMG patterns in trained cyclists related to different muscle synergies?

(2010) François Hug et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Subject-Specific Muscle Synergies in Human Balance Control Are Consistent Across Different Biomechanical Contexts

(2010) Gelsy Torres-Oviedo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Spinal Interneurons Facilitate Coactivation of Hand Muscles during a Precision Grip Task in Monkeys

(2010) T. Takei et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A Neural Basis for Motor Primitives in the Spinal Cord

(2010) C. B. Hart et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Simplified and effective motor control based on muscle synergies to exploit musculoskeletal dynamics

(2009) M. Berniker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The coordination of movement: optimal feedback control and beyond

(2009) Jörn Diedrichsen et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Descending Pathways in Motor Control

(2008) Roger N. Lemon   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Endpoint Force Fluctuations Reveal Flexible Rather Than Synergistic Patterns of Muscle Cooperation

(2008) Jason J. Kutch et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Individual Premotor Drive Pulses, Not Time-Varying Synergies, Are the Units of Adjustment for Limb Trajectories Constructed in Spinal Cord

(2008) W. J. Kargo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A computational neuroanatomy for motor control

(2008) Reza Shadmehr et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Combining modules for movement

(2007) E. Bizzi et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS