The use of visual feedback, in particular mirror visual feedback, in restoring brain function

VS Ramachandran, EL Altschuler - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
This article reviews the potential use of visual feedback, focusing on mirror visual feedback,
introduced over 15 years ago, for the treatment of many chronic neurological disorders that …

Training and exercise to drive poststroke recovery

BH Dobkin - Nature clinical practice neurology, 2008 - nature.com
To make practical recommendations regarding therapeutic strategies for the rehabilitation of
patients with hemiparetic stroke, it is important to have a general understanding of the …

Dissociating the role of ventral and dorsal premotor cortex in precision grasping

M Davare, M Andres, G Cosnard… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Small-object manipulation is essential in numerous human activities, although its neural
bases are still essentially unknown. Recent functional imaging studies have shown that …

Mechanisms underlying functional changes in the primary motor cortex ipsilateral to an active hand

MA Perez, LG Cohen - Journal of Neuroscience, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
Performance of a unimanual hand motor task results in functional changes in both primary
motor cortices (M1ipsilateral and M1contralateral). The neuronal mechanisms controlling the …

Evidence for two concurrent inhibitory mechanisms during response preparation

J Duque, D Lew, R Mazzocchio, E Olivier… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Inhibitory mechanisms are critically involved in goal-directed behaviors. To gain further
insight into how such mechanisms shape motor representations during response …

The ipsilateral motor cortex contributes to cross‐limb transfer of performance gains after ballistic motor practice

M Lee, MR Hinder, SC Gandevia… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Although it has long been known that practicing a motor task with one limb can improve
performance with the limb opposite, the mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we …

Role of corticospinal suppression during motor preparation

J Duque, RB Ivry - Cerebral cortex, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Behavior arises from a constant competition between potential actions. For example,
movements performed unimanually require selecting one hand rather than the other …

Where one hand meets the other: limb-specific and action-dependent movement plans decoded from preparatory signals in single human frontoparietal brain areas

JP Gallivan, DA McLean, JR Flanagan… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Planning object-directed hand actions requires successful integration of the movement goal
with the acting limb. Exactly where and how this sensorimotor integration occurs in the brain …

Intermanual differences in movement-related interhemispheric inhibition

J Duque, N Murase, P Celnik, F Hummel… - Journal of cognitive …, 2007 - direct.mit.edu
Interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) between motor cortical areas is thought to play a critical role
in motor control and could influence manual dexterity. The purpose of this study was to …

Causal connectivity between the human anterior intraparietal area and premotor cortex during grasp

M Davare, JC Rothwell, RN Lemon - Current Biology, 2010 - cell.com
The cortical visuomotor grasping circuit, comprising the anterior intraparietal area (AIP),
ventral premotor (PMv), and primary motor cortex (M1) allows transformation of an object's …