Coordinated alpha and gamma control of muscles and spindles in movement and posture

S Li, C Zhuang, M Hao, X He, JC Marquez… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Mounting evidence suggests that both α and γ motoneurons are active during movement
and posture, but how does the central motor system coordinate the α-γ controls in these …

Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation enhances motor learning in a complex overhand throwing task

AK Jackson, LL de Albuquerque, M Pantovic… - The Cerebellum, 2019 - Springer
Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (c-tDCS) enhances motor adaptation, skill
acquisition, and learning in relatively simple motor tasks. The purpose was to examine the …

Long-term application of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation does not improve motor learning in Parkinson's disease

LL de Albuquerque, M Pantovic, MG Clingo… - The Cerebellum, 2022 - Springer
Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (c-tDCS) enhances motor skill acquisition
and motor learning in young and old adults. Since the cerebellum is involved in the …

[HTML][HTML] Motor Learning in a Complex Motor Task Is Unaffected by Three Consecutive Days of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation

EW Wilkins, M Pantovic, KJ Noorda, MI Premyanov… - Bioengineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) delivered to the primary motor cortex (M1)
can increase cortical excitability, entrain neuronal firing patterns, and increase motor skill …

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Primary Motor Cortex over Multiple Days Improves Motor Learning of a Complex Overhand Throwing Task

M Pantovic, LL Albuquerque, S Mastrantonio… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied to the primary motor cortex (M1)
improves motor learning in relatively simple motor tasks performed with the hand and arm …

An acute application of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation does not improve motor performance in Parkinson's disease

L Lima de Albuquerque, M Pantovic, M Clingo… - Brain Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Transcranial direct current stimulation of the cerebellum (c-tDCS) improves motor
performance in young and old adults. Based on the cerebellar involvement in Parkinson's …

The impact of age-related increase in passive muscle stiffness on simulated upper limb reaching

T Murtola, C Richards - Royal Society open science, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ageing changes the musculoskeletal and neural systems, potentially affecting a person's
ability to perform daily living activities. One of these changes is increased passive stiffness of …

Swallowing pressure variability as a function of pharyngeal region, bolus volume, age, and sex

CA Jones, MR Ciucci, SM Abdelhalim… - The …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Within‐individual movement variability occurs in most motor domains. However, it
is unknown how pharyngeal swallowing pressure varies in healthy individuals. We …

Age-related changes in upper limb coordination in a complex reaching task

S Khanafer, H Sveistrup, MF Levin… - Experimental Brain …, 2021 - Springer
When reaching to targets within arm's reach, intentional trunk motion must be neutralized by
compensatory motion of the upper limb (UL). Advanced age has been associated with …

An acute application of transcranial random noise stimulation does not enhance motor skill acquisition or retention in a golf putting task

LL de Albuquerque, KM Fischer, AL Pauls… - Human Movement …, 2019 - Elsevier
Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) is a brain stimulation technique that has been
shown to increase motor performance in simple motor tasks. The purpose was to determine …