members

 

Emilio Bizzi
principal investigator (1969-present)


education

Docenza
MD (University of Rome)


current projects

Control of hand movements based on combinations of muscle synergies
Control of mechanical stability by spinal motor systems
Cortical correlates of learning in monkeys adapting to a new dynamical environment
Modular control of natural motor behavior
Evidence for synergies from focal intraspinal NMDA iontophoresis in the frog
TMS interference in human motor learning
Training motor control using a virtual environment


selected publications

  1. Bizzi, E.; Mussa-Ivaldi, F.A. 1998. Neural basis of motor control and its cognitive implications. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2(3): 97-102. PDF
  2. Bizzi, E.; Tresch, M.C.; Saltiel, P.; d'Avella, A. 2000. New perspectives on spinal motor systems. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 1(2): 101-108. PDF
  3. Gandolfo, F.; Li, C.-S.R.; Benda, B.J.; Padoa Schioppa, C.; Bizzi, E. 2000. Cortical correlates of learning in monkeys adapting to a new dynamical environment. PNAS 97(5): 2259-2263. PDF
  4. Mussa-Ivaldi, F.A.; Bizzi, E. 2000. Motor learning through the combination of primitives. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 355: 1755-1769. PDF
  5. Saltiel, P.; Wyler-Duda, K.; d'Avella, A.; Tresch, M.; Bizzi, E. 2001. Muscle synergies encoded within the spinal cord: evidence from focal intraspinal NMDA iontophoresis in the frog. J. Neurophysiol. 85: 605-619. PDF


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