Speech dynamics are coded in the left motor cortex in fluent speakers but not in adults who stutter

NE Neef, TNL Hoang, A Neef, W Paulus, M Sommer - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The precise excitability regulation of neuronal circuits in the primary motor cortex is central to
the successful and fluent production of speech. Our question was whether the involuntary …

[HTML][HTML] Individual differences in sensorimotor adaptation are conserved over time and across force-field tasks

RT Moore, T Cluff - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sensorimotor adaptation enables the nervous system to modify actions for different
conditions and environments. Many studies have investigated factors that influence …

Prior movement of one arm facilitates motor adaptation in the other

M Gippert, S Leupold, T Heed, IS Howard… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Many movements in daily life are embedded in motion sequences that involve more than
one limb, demanding the motor system to monitor and control different body parts in quick …

Adaptation of the corticomuscular and biomechanical systems of pianists

Y Kimoto, M Hirano, S Furuya - Cerebral Cortex, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Independent control of movements between the fingers plays a role in hand dexterity
characterizing skilled individuals. However, it remains unknown whether and in what …

[HTML][HTML] Tagging motor memories with transcranial direct current stimulation allows later artificially-controlled retrieval

D Nozaki, A Yokoi, T Kimura, M Hirashima… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
We demonstrate that human motor memories can be artificially tagged and later retrieved by
noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Participants learned to adapt …

Force, angle, and velocity parameters of finger movements are reflected in corticospinal excitability

IM Brandt, J Lundbye-Jensen, T Grünbaum… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Identifying which movement parameters are reflected in the corticospinal excitability (CSE)
will improve our understanding human motor control. Change in CSE measured with …

Elite competitive swimmers exhibit higher motor cortical inhibition and superior sensorimotor skills in a water environment

D Sato, Y Yamazaki, K Yamashiro, H Onishi… - Behavioural Brain …, 2020 - Elsevier
Motor skill learning leads to task-related contextual behavioral changes that are
underpinned by neuroplastic cortical reorganization. Short-term training induces …

Tuning of motor outputs produced by spinal stimulation during voluntary control of torque directions in monkeys

M Kaneshige, K Obara, M Suzuki, T Tazoe… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Spinal stimulation is a promising method to restore motor function after impairment of
descending pathways. While paresis, a weakness of voluntary movements driven by …

Proposal for an accurate TMS-MRI co-registration process via 3D laser scanning

N Hironaga, T Kimura, T Mitsudo, A Gunji… - Neuroscience Research, 2019 - Elsevier
An important technical issue in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) usage is how
accurately the specific brain areas activated by TMS are assessed. However, in practice …

[HTML][HTML] Improving a bimanual motor skill through unimanual training

T Hayashi, D Nozaki - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
When we learn a bimanual motor skill (eg, rowing a boat), we often break it down into
unimanual practices (eg, a rowing drill with the left or right arm). Such unimanual practice is …