CORTICAL MECHANISMS MEDIATING BILATERAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE UPPER LIMBS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 “我们轻松地完成任务，其中双手执行完全不同的动作，掩盖了上肢运动的强烈趋势。本研究旨在建立调节上肢之间双边相互作用的皮层机制，并阐明任务背景的操纵引起这些机制的功能贡献变化的方式。这项战略基础研究，进行神经系统完整的个人，将推进我们的理解下行运动通路的双边组织，并将在上肢运动康复策略的设计具有深远的重要意义。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. 'The ease with which we perform tasks in which the two hands execute quite different actions belies the fact that there is a strong tendency for the movements of the upper limbs to be drawn together. This research seeks to establish the cortical mechanisms which mediate bilateral interactions between the upper limbs and to elucidate the manner in which manipulations of task context give rise to changes in the functional contributions of these mechanisms. This strategic basic research, conducted with neurologically intact individuals, will advance our understanding of the bilateral organisation of descending motor pathways and will be of profound importance in designing strategies of motor rehabilitation for the upper limb.