Computation through neural population dynamics

S Vyas, MD Golub, D Sussillo… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Significant experimental, computational, and theoretical work has identified rich structure
within the coordinated activity of interconnected neural populations. An emerging challenge …

Virtual reality in research and rehabilitation of gait and balance in Parkinson disease

CG Canning, NE Allen, E Nackaerts, SS Paul… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a promising tool for studying and
rehabilitating gait and balance impairments in people with Parkinson disease (PD) as it …

The basal ganglia control the detailed kinematics of learned motor skills

AK Dhawale, SBE Wolff, R Ko, BP Ölveczky - Nature neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
The basal ganglia are known to influence action selection and modulation of movement
vigor, but whether and how they contribute to specifying the kinematics of learned motor …

New neural activity patterns emerge with long-term learning

ER Oby, MD Golub, JA Hennig… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Learning has been associated with changes in the brain at every level of organization.
However, it remains difficult to establish a causal link between specific changes in the brain …

Cortical preparatory activity indexes learned motor memories

X Sun, DJ O'Shea, MD Golub, EM Trautmann, S Vyas… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The brain's remarkable ability to learn and execute various motor behaviours harnesses the
capacity of neural populations to generate a variety of activity patterns. Here we explore …

Understanding implicit sensorimotor adaptation as a process of proprioceptive re-alignment

JS Tsay, H Kim, AM Haith, RB Ivry - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Multiple learning processes contribute to successful goal-directed actions in the face of
changing physiological states, biomechanical constraints, and environmental contexts …

Independent generation of sequence elements by motor cortex

AJ Zimnik, MM Churchland - Nature neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Rapid execution of motor sequences is believed to depend on fusing movement elements
into cohesive units that are executed holistically. We sought to determine the contribution of …

[HTML][HTML] Brain neuroplasticity leveraging virtual reality and brain–computer interface technologies

A Drigas, A Sideraki - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study explores neuroplasticity through the use of virtual reality (VR) and brain–
computer interfaces (BCIs). Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming …

The relationship between habits and motor skills in humans

Y Du, JW Krakauer, AM Haith - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
How do habit and skill relate to one another? Among many traditions of habit research, we
suggest that'slip-of-action'habits are the type most likely to relate to motor skill. Habits are …

Thalamic control of cortical dynamics in a model of flexible motor sequencing

L Logiaco, LF Abbott, S Escola - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The neural mechanisms that generate an extensible library of motor motifs and flexibly string
them into arbitrary sequences are unclear. We developed a model in which inhibitory basal …