A5055581866- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
University of Miami
2016-2017
Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center
2017
Neurological Surgery
2016
University of L'Aquila
2012-2015
Even though a growing body of research has shown that the processing action language affects planning and execution motor acts, several aspects this interaction are still hotly debated. The directionality (i.e. does understanding action-related induce facilitation or an interference with corresponding action?), time course, nature under what conditions phenomenon occur?) largely unclear. To further explore topic we exploited go/no-go paradigm in which healthy participants were required to...
A main goal of rehabilitation strategies in humans with spinal cord injury is to strengthen transmission spared neural networks. Although neuromodulatory have targeted different sites within the central nervous system restore motor function following injury, role cortical targets remain poorly understood. Here, we use 180 pairs transcranial magnetic stimulation for ∼30 min over hand representation cortex at an interstimulus interval mimicking rhythmicity descending late indirect (I) waves...
The corticospinal tract contributes to the control of finger muscles during precision and power grip. involvement different sets cortical interneuronal circuits these distinct grasping behaviors remains unknown. To examine this question in humans we used noninvasive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over hand representation primary motor cortex elicit evoked potentials (MEPs) an intrinsic muscle index abduction (control task), grip, TMS coil was oriented induce currents brain...
In uninjured humans, transmission in the corticospinal pathway changes a task-dependent manner during movement preparation. We investigated whether this ability is preserved humans with incomplete chronic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). Our results show that excitability altered preparatory phase of an upcoming when there need to suppress but not execute rapid index finger voluntary contractions individuals SCI compared controls. This probably related impaired at cortical and level after...