How the human brain controls hand movements to carry out different tasks is still debated. The concept of synergy has been proposed to indicate functional modules that may simplify the control of hand postures by simultaneously recruiting sets of muscles and joints. However, whether and to what extent synergic hand postures are encoded as such at a cortical level remains unknown.
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- Leo, Andrea (Author)
- Handjaras, Giacomo (Author)
- Bianchi, Matteo (Author)
- Marino, Hamal (Author)
- Gabiccini, Marco (Author)
- Guidi, Andrea (Author)
- Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale (Author)
- Pietrini, Pietro (Author)
- Bicchi, Antonio (Author)
- Santello, Marco (Author)
- Ricciardi, Emiliano (Author)
- Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.7554/eLife.13420
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value2050-084X
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Leo, A., Handjaras, G., Bianchi, M., Marino, H., Gabiccini, M., Guidi, A., . . . Ricciardi, E. (2016). A synergy-based hand control is encoded in human motor cortical areas. ELife, 5. doi:10.7554/elife.13420