Direction and amplitude precuing has no effect on automatic posture responses.

abstract：:The present study extends our previous findings in challenging the traditional interpretation of irregularities in the velocity profile of pointing movements as corrective submovements performed to improve accuracy of target achievement. The study is driven by a hypothesis that pointing includes at least two subtasks,...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Wisleder D,Dounskaia N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal models are sensory motor mappings used by the nervous system to anticipate the force requirements of movement tasks. The ability to use internal models likely underlies the development of skillful control of the arm throughout life. It is currently unknown to what extent individuals with hemiparetic stroke ca...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Takahashi CD,Reinkensmeyer DJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amyloid precursor protein (APP) has a pivotal role in pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) via its beta- and gamma-secretase-derived cleavage products--the A-beta peptides. An alternative processing pathway provided by the alpha-secretase prevents formation of those toxic peptides and gives rise to the neurotr...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Endres K,Fahrenholz F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perception of whether a given behavior is possible typically reflects a person's action capabilities even before the behavior is performed and even when the person has undergone recent changes to their action capabilities. Importantly, perception of affordances for a given behavior also reflects impending changes to a...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Wagman JB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies identify two cortical areas, posterior parahippocampal cortex and retrosplenial cortex, that preferentially activate to images of real-world scenes compared to images of other meaningful visual stimuli such as objects and faces. Behavioral and computational studies suggest that sub-categories of real-wor...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Henderson JM,Larson CL,Zhu DC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a cutaneous imperative stimulus trigger cue (sural nerve stimulation) versus visual cuing of rapid step initiation were assessed in young, healthy subjects (n = 18). Two sets of experiments were conducted in which the vertical ground reaction force and EMG in tibialis anterior (TA) and gluteus medius (G...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Kukulka CG,Hajela N,Olson E,Peters A,Podratz K,Quade C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous computer simulation study of overarm throws in 2D showed that reversal of elbow torque by antagonist muscle action late in the throw led to increased wrist flexion velocity and to increased ball speeds. We tested the hypothesis that the skill of making fast overarm throws in 3D involves deceleration (brakin...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Hore J,Debicki DB,Watts S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of tactile afferent signals with motor commands is crucial for the performance of purposeful movements such as during manipulation of an object in the hand. To study the somatotopic organization of sensorimotor integration we applied electrical peripheral conditioning stimuli to a digit located near (homot...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Classen J,Steinfelder B,Liepert J,Stefan K,Celnik P,Cohen LG,Hess A,Kunesch E,Chen R,Benecke R,Hallett M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that proprioceptive sensory input from the hindlimbs to the anterior cerebellar cortex of the cat may not be simply organized with respect to a body map, but it may also be distributed to multiple discrete functional areas extending beyond classical body map boundaries. With passive hindlimb stepp...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Valle MS,Bosco G,Poppele RE

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyramidal cell structure varies systematically in occipitotemporal visual areas in monkeys. The dendritic trees of pyramidal cells, on average, become larger, more branched and more spinous with progression from the primary visual area (V1) to the second visual area (V2), the fourth (V4, or dorsolateral DL visual area...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Elston GN,Benavides-Piccione R,Elston A,DeFelipe J,Manger P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we sought to examine the effect of experimentally induced somatic pain on memory. Subjects heard a series of words and made categorization decisions in two different conditions. One condition included painful shocks administered just after presentation of some of the words; the other condition involved ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Vogt KM,Norton CM,Speer LE,Tremel JJ,Ibinson JW,Reder LM,Fiez JA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cutaneous feedback in the agonist-antagonist co-activation mechanism during maximum voluntary force (MVF) production by the fingers. Seventeen healthy male subjects (age: 23.8 ± 1.0 years) were asked to press with maximal effort at their fingertips. Finger force...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Kim Y,Shim JK,Hong YK,Lee SH,Yoon BC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate cerebral perfusion is necessary to preserve cerebral O(2) supply in order to maintain brain cell function. Our aim was to assess the influence of gestational age on the response of cerebral hemodynamics to hypoxemia and to determine thresholds of cerebral O(2) supply for preservation of brain cell function in...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Van Os S,Klaessens J,Hopman J,Liem D,Van de Bor M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare-earth elements (REEs) are applied in various fields by virtue of their superior physical and chemical properties. Surveys have reported that REEs can impair learning and memory in children and induce neurobehavioral abnormalities in animals. However, the mechanism underlying this neurotoxicity is still unclear. L...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Jin C,Gao L,Li Y,Wu S,Lu X,Yang J,Cai Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors inadvertently submitted a wrong figure part for publication. Figure 8b should be as follows. ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Peeters LHC,Kingma I,Faber GS,van Dieën JH,de Groot IJM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postural reactions to disruptions of stance are rapid and automatic in both quadrupeds and bipeds. Current evidence suggests that these postural responses are generated by the central nervous system as patterns involving muscle synergies. This study attempted to test this hypothesis of a centrally generated postural m...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Macpherson JM,Rushmer DS,Dunbar DC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discharges of muscle spindle afferents from the soleus muscle were studied in kittens aged 1-21 days and in adult cats. Vibration applied longitudinally to the tendon elicited one impulse for each cycle of vibration over the range 1-200 Hz for the kittens and up to 450 Hz for the adult. Threshold amplitudes were gener...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Gregory JE,Proske U

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume conduction measurements were carried out the brachial biceps, tibialis anterior and deltoid, in normal human subjects. Attenuation constant K and time constant tau of the muscle tissue transfer function were measured, and the average electrode uptake area calculated for the three muscles. The average number of ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Gath I,Stålberg E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that motor learning is associated with changes to both movements and to the somatosensory perception of limb position. In an earlier study that motivates the current work, it appeared that following washout trials, movements did not return to baseline but rather were aligned with associated cha...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Ohashi H,Valle-Mena R,Gribble PL,Ostry DJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the contributions of lateral intracortical connections to the orientation tuning of area 17 cells using micro-iontophoresis of the inhibitory transmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to inactivate small cortical sites in the vicinity of a recorded cell. GABA was ejected from an array of micropipettes...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Eysel UT,Crook JM,Machemer HF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The habenulo-interpeduncular system of the rat constitutes an interesting model to address quantitatively problems related to synaptogenesis and to the interactions between neuronal populations after selective alteration of these elements during development. In the present study this has been achieved by experimentall...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Fasolo A,Virgili M,Panzica GC,Contestabile A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lengthening and shortening contractions are the fundamental patterns of muscle activation underlying various movements. It is still unknown whether or not there is a muscle-specific difference in such a fundamental pattern of muscle activation. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to investigate whether or not th...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Sekiguchi H,Kohno Y,Hirano T,Akai M,Nakajima Y,Nakazawa K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates how the efficiency and robustness of a skilled rhythmic task compete against each other in the control of a bimanual movement. Human subjects juggled a puck in 2D through impacts with two metallic arms, requiring rhythmic bimanual actuation. The arms kinematics were only constrained by the posi...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Ronsse R,Thonnard JL,Lefèvre P,Sepulchre R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early blindness in humans and experimental visual deprivation in animal models are known to induce compensatory somatosensory and/or auditory activation of the visual cortex. An abnormal hydrocephalic cat with extreme malformation of the visual system, born in our breeding colony, rendered a good model system for inve...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Yaka R,Yinon U,Rosner M,Wollberg Z

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The muscle activation patterns in anterior and posterior leg muscles were investigated with two types of perturbations to standing balance. Subjects stood with each foot on adjacent force platforms and performed arm flexion movements to shoulder height. Nine subjects performed ten repetitions unilaterally and bilatera...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Mochizuki G,Ivanova TD,Garland SJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent studies have provided support for the view that tactile stimuli/events are remapped into an abstract spatial frame of reference beyond the initial somatotopic representation present in the primary somatosensory cortex. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that the extent to which this remapping of ta...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Gallace A,Soto-Faraco S,Dalton P,Kreukniet B,Spence C

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course of local changes of the extracellular space (ES) was investigated by measuring concentration changes of repeatedly injected tetramethylammonium (TMA+) and choline (Ch+) ions for which cell membranes are largely impermeable. After stimulus-induced extracellular [K+] elevations the delta [TMA+] and delta...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Dietzel I,Heinemann U,Hofmeier G,Lux HD

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When reaches are performed toward target objects, the presence of other non-target objects influences kinematic parameters of the reach. A typical observation has been that non-targets positioned ipsilaterally to the acting limb interfere more with the trajectory of the hand than contralateral non-targets. Here, we in...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Menger R,Van der Stigchel S,Dijkerman HC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study addressed the anticonvulsant effects of repeated administration of phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, valproate, and ethosuximide in kindled guinea-pigs in order to further substantiate this novel model of partial seizures for the screening of future anticonvulsant drugs. Behavioral toxic effects were...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Gilbert TH,Teskey GC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient daily navigation is underpinned by path integration, the mechanism by which we use self-movement information to update our position in space. This process is well understood in adulthood, but there has been relatively little study of path integration in childhood, leading to an underrepresentation in account...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Smith AD,McKeith L,Howard CJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00