Bimanual coordination: A missing piece of arm rehabilitation after stroke

S Kantak, S Jax, G Wittenberg - Restorative neurology and …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Inability to use the arm in daily actions significantly lowers quality of life after stroke. Most
contemporary post-stroke arm rehabilitation strategies that aspire to re-engage the weaker …

Interhemispheric control of unilateral movement

V Beaulé, S Tremblay, H Théoret - Neural plasticity, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
To perform strictly unilateral movements, the brain relies on a large cortical and subcortical
network. This network enables healthy adults to perform complex unimanual motor tasks …

Dissociating the role of prefrontal and premotor cortices in controlling inhibitory mechanisms during motor preparation

J Duque, L Labruna, S Verset, E Olivier… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Top-down control processes are critical to select goal-directed actions in flexible
environments. In humans, these processes include two inhibitory mechanisms that operate …

The supplementary motor area modulates interhemispheric interactions during movement preparation

Q Welniarz, C Gallea, JC Lamy, A Méneret… - Human brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The execution of coordinated hand movements requires complex interactions between
premotor and primary motor areas in the two hemispheres. The supplementary motor area …

Neural mechanisms mediating cross education: with additional considerations for the ageing brain

GHM Calvert, RG Carson - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract CALVERT, GHM, and CARSON, RG Neural mechanisms mediating cross
education: With additional considerations for the ageing brain. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV …

Effects of tDCS on bimanual motor skills: a brief review

NH Pixa, B Pollok - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique
that allows the modulation of cortical excitability as well as neuroplastic reorganization using …

Error-related modulations of the sensorimotor post-movement and foreperiod beta-band activities arise from distinct neural substrates and do not reflect efferent signal …

J Alayrangues, F Torrecillos, A Jahani, N Malfait - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
While beta activity has been extensively studied in relation to voluntary movement, its role in
sensorimotor adaptation remains largely uncertain. Recently, it has been shown that the …

Modulation of ipsilateral motor evoked potentials during bimanual coordination tasks

M Altermatt, H Jordan, K Ho… - Frontiers in Human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials (iMEPs) are difficult to obtain in distal upper
limb muscles of healthy participants but give a direct insight into the role of ipsilateral motor …

Top–down inhibitory control exerted by the medial frontal cortex during action selection under conflict

J Duque, E Olivier, M Rushworth - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2013 - direct.mit.edu
Top–down control is critical to select goal-directed actions in changeable environments,
particularly when several conflicting options compete for selection. In humans, this control …

Dissociating the influence of response selection and task anticipation on corticospinal suppression during response preparation

J Duque, L Labruna, C Cazares, RB Ivry - Neuropsychologia, 2014 - Elsevier
Motor behavior requires selecting between potential actions. The role of inhibition in
response selection has frequently been examined in tasks in which participants are …