Editorial: Motor Priming for Motor Recovery: Neural Mechanisms and Clinical Perspectives

Editorial: Motor Priming for Motor Recovery: Neural Mechanisms and Clinical Perspectives

Maladaptive Plasticity for Motor Recovery after Stroke: Mechanisms and Approaches

Many studies in human and animal models have shown that neural plasticity compensates for the loss of motor function after stroke. However, neural plasticity concerning compensatory movement, activated ipsilateral motor projections and competitive interaction after stroke contributes to maladaptive plasticity, which negatively affects motor recovery. Compensatory movement on the less-affected s...

Motor Imagery-Based Rehabilitation: Potential Neural Correlates and Clinical Application for Functional Recovery of Motor Deficits after Stroke

Motor imagery (MI), defined as the mental implementation of an action in the absence of movement or muscle activation, is a rehabilitation technique that offers a means to replace or restore lost motor function in stroke patients when used in conjunction with conventional physiotherapy procedures. This article briefly reviews the concepts and neural correlates of MI in order to promote improved...

Neural mechanisms of reward-related motor learning.

The analysis of the neural mechanisms responsible for reward-related learning has benefited from recent studies of the effects of dopamine on synaptic plasticity. Dopamine-dependent synaptic plasticity may lead to strengthening of selected inputs on the basis of an activity-dependent conjunction of sensory afferent activity, motor output activity, and temporally related firing of dopamine cells...

Motor Systems Editorial Overview

Roger Lemon’s research is focused on the sensorimotor control of skilled hand movements in human and nonhuman primates, movements that are particularly vulnerable to cortical and spinal injury. His work has established the importance of the corticospinal system for such movements and the cortical mechanisms involved in visual control of grasp. He uses neurophysiological, behavioural and neuroan...