The neural origin of muscle synergies
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Author(s)
Bizzi, Emilio
Cheung, Vincent Chi-Kwan
Date Issued
April 2013
Journal
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Frontiers Research Foundation
Citation
Bizzi, Emilio, and Vincent C. K. Cheung. “The Neural Origin of Muscle Synergies.” Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 7 (2013).
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Final published version
Abstract
Muscle synergies are neural coordinative structures that function to alleviate the computational burden associated with the control of movement and posture. In this commentary, we address two critical questions: the explicit encoding of muscle synergies in the nervous system, and how muscle synergies simplify movement production. We argue that shared and task-specific muscle synergies are neurophysiological entities whose combination, orchestrated by the motor cortical areas and the afferent systems, facilitates motor control and motor learning.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2013.00051
