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
- Bizzi,
E.; Mussa-Ivaldi, F.A. 1998. Neural basis of motor control and its
cognitive implications. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2(3): 97-102.
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- Bizzi,
E.; Tresch, M.C.; Saltiel, P.; d'Avella, A. 2000. New perspectives
on spinal motor systems. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 1(2): 101-108.
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- 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
- Mussa-Ivaldi, F.A.; Bizzi,
E. 2000. Motor learning through the combination of primitives. Phil.
Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 355: 1755-1769. PDF
- 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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