Neural synchrony within the motor system: what have we learned so far?

BCM van Wijk, PJ Beek, A Daffertshofer - Frontiers in human …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Synchronization of neural activity is considered essential for information processing in the
nervous system. Both local and inter-regional synchronization are omnipresent in different …

Coupling between human brain activity and body movements: Insights from non-invasive electromagnetic recordings

M Bourguignon, V Jousmäki, SS Dalal, K Jerbi… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Electroencephalographic and magnetoencephalographic data have characterized two types
of brain–body interactions observed during various types of motor actions,“corticokinematic” …

Network physiology of cortico–muscular interactions

R Rizzo, X Zhang, JWJL Wang, F Lombardi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Skeletal muscle activity is continuously modulated across physiologic states to provide
coordination, flexibility and responsiveness to body tasks and external inputs. Despite the …

Neural mechanisms of intermuscular coherence: implications for the rectification of surface electromyography

TW Boonstra, M Breakspear - Journal of neurophysiology, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Oscillatory activity plays a crucial role in corticospinal control of muscle synergies and is
widely investigated using corticospinal and intermuscular synchronization. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] The human sensorimotor cortex fosters muscle synergies through cortico-synergy coherence

CS Zandvoort, JH van Dieën, N Dominici… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
In neuromotor control, the dimensionality of complex muscular activation patterns is
effectively reduced through the emergence of muscle synergies. Muscle synergies are …

Muscle synergies and coherence networks reflect different modes of coordination during walking

JN Kerkman, A Bekius, TW Boonstra… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
When walking speed is increased, the frequency ratio between the arm and leg swing
switches spontaneously from 2: 1 to 1: 1. We examined whether these switches are …

Multivariate time–frequency analysis of electromagnetic brain activity during bimanual motor learning

TW Boonstra, A Daffertshofer, M Breakspear, PJ Beek - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Although the relationship between brain activity and motor performance is reasonably well
established, the manner in which this relationship changes with motor learning remains …

Beta band corticomuscular drive reflects muscle coordination strategies

A Reyes, CM Laine, JJ Kutch… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
During force production, hand muscle activity is known to be coherent with activity in primary
motor cortex, specifically in the beta-band (15–30 Hz) frequency range. It is not clear …

Functional architectures and structured flows on manifolds: a dynamical framework for motor behavior.

R Huys, D Perdikis, VK Jirsa - Psychological review, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
We outline a dynamical framework for sequential sensorimotor behavior based on the
sequential composition of basic behavioral units. Basic units are conceptualized as …

Functional connectivity in the neuromuscular system underlying bimanual coordination

IEJ de Vries, A Daffertshofer… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Neural synchrony has been suggested as a mechanism for integrating distributed
sensorimotor systems involved in coordinated movement. To test the role of corticomuscular …