publications

 

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journal articles

  1. Richardson AG, Lassi-Tucci G, Padoa-Schioppa C, Bizzi E (2008) Neuronal activity in the cingulate motor areas during adaptation to a new dynamic environment. Journal of Neurophysiology 99:1253-1266. PDF

  2. Overduin SA, d'Avella A, Roh J, Bizzi E (2008) Modulation of muscle synergy recruitment in primate grasping. Journal of Neuroscience 28(4):880-892. PDF

  3. Overduin SA, Richardson AG, Bizzi E, Press DZ (2008) Simultaneous sensorimotor adaptation and sequence learning. Experimental Brain Research 184:451-456. PDF

  4. Bizzi E, Cheung VCK, d'Avella A, Saltiel P, Tresch MC (2008) Combining modules for movement. Brain Research Reviews 57:125-133. PDF

  5. Rokni U, Richardson AG, Bizzi E, Seung HS (2007) Motor learning with unstable neural representations. Neuron 54:653-666. PDF

  6. Richardson AG, Overduin SA, Valero-Cabre A, Padoa-Schioppa C, Pascual-Leone A, Bizzi E, Press DZ (2006) Disruption of primary motor cortex prior to learning impairs memory of movement dynamics. Journal of Neuroscience 26(48):12466-12470. PDF

  7. Overduin SA, Richardson AG, Lane CE, Bizzi E, Press DZ (2006) Intermittent practice facilitates stable motor memories. Journal of Neuroscience 26(46):11888-11892. PDF

  8. Xiao J, Padoa-Schioppa C, Bizzi E (2006) Neuronal correlates of movement dynamics in the dorsal and ventral premotor area in the monkey. Experimental Brain Research 168(1-2):106-119. PDF

  9. Saltiel P, Wyler-Duda K, d'Avella A, Ajemian RJ, Bizzi E (2005) Localization and connectivity in spinal interneuronal networks: the adduction-caudal extension-flexion rhythm in the frog. Journal of Neurophysiology 94:2120-2138. PDF

  10. Cheung VCK, d'Avella A, Tresch MC, Bizzi E (2005) Central and sensory contributions to the activation and organization of muscle synergies during natural motor behaviors. Journal of Neuroscience 25(27):6419-6434. PDF

  11. Holden MK, Dyar TA, Schwamm L, Bizzi E (2005) Virtual-environment-based telerehabilitation in patients with stroke. Presence-Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 14 (2):214-233. PDF

  12. Richardson AG, Slotine J-JE, Bizzi E, Tresch MC (2005) Intrinsic musculoskeletal properties stabilize wiping movements in the spinalized frog. Journal of Neuroscience 25(12):3181-3191. PDF

  13. d'Avella A, Bizzi E (2005) Shared and specific muscle synergies in natural motor behaviors.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102(8):3076-3081. PDF

  14. Poggio T, Bizzi E (2004) Generalization in vision and motor control. Insight Review Article, Nature 431:768-774. PDF

  15. Padoa-Schioppa C, Li C-SR, Bizzi E (2004) Neuronal activity in the supplementary motor area of monkeys adapting to a new dynamic environment. Journal of Neurophysiology 91(1):449-473. PDF

  16. d’Avella A, Saltiel P, Bizzi E (2003) Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior. Nature Neuroscience 6(3):300-308. PDF

  17. Bizzi E, d'Avella A, Saltiel P, Tresch MC (2002) Modular organization of spinal motors systems. The Neuroscientist 8(5):437-442. PDF

  18. Padoa-Schioppa C, Li C-SR, Bizzi E (2002) Neuronal correlates of kinematics-to-dynamics transformation in the supplementary motor area. Neuron 36:751-765. PDF

  19. Tresch MC, Saltiel P, d'Avella A, Bizzi E (2002) Coordination and localization in spinal motor systems. Brain Research Reviews 40:66-79. PDF

  20. Holden MK, Dettwiler A, Dyar T, Niemann G, Bizzi E (2001) Retraining movement in patients with acquired brain injury using a virtual environment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 81:192-198.

  21. Lemay MA, Galagan JE, Hogan N, Bizzi E (2001) Modulation and vectorial summation of the spinalized frog's hindlimb end-point force produced by intraspinal electrical stimulation of the cord. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 9(1):12-23. PDF

  22. Li C-SR, Padoa-Schioppa C, Bizzi E (2001) Neuronal correlates of motor performance and motor learning in the primary motor cortex of monkeys adapting to an external force field. Neuron 30:593-607. PDF

  23. Saltiel P, Wyler-Duda K, d'Avella A, Tresch MC, Bizzi E (2001) Muscle synergies encoded within the spinal cord: evidence from focal intraspinal NMDA iontophoresis in the frog. Journal of Neurophysiology 85:605-619. PDF

  24. Bizzi E, Tresch MC, Saltiel P, d'Avella A (2000) New perspectives on spinal motor systems. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 1:101-108. PDF

  25. Gandolfo F, Li C-SR, Benda BJ, Padoa-Schioppa C, Bizzi E (2000) Cortical correlates of learning in monkeys adapting to a new dynamical environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97(5):2259-2263. PDF

  26. Giszter SF, Loeb E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (2000) Repeatable spatial maps of a few force and joint torque patterns elicited by microstimulation applied throughout the lumbar spinal cord of the spinal frog. Human Movement Science 19:597-626. PDF

  27. Loeb E, Giszter SF, Satiel P, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (2000) Output units of motor behavior: An experimental and modeling study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 12(1):78-97. PDF

  28. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (2000) Motor learning through the combination of primitives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 355:1755-1769. PDF

  29. Bizzi E, Clarac F (1999) Motor Systems. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 9(6):659-662. PDF

  30. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1999) Apprendimento e controllo degli atti motori, Estratto Dal Volvme III, 137-153.

  31. Holden M, Todorov E, Callahan J, Bizzi E (1999) Virtual environment training improves motor performance with stroke: case report. Neurology Report 23(2):57-67. PDF

  32. Tresch MC, Bizzi E (1999) Responses to microstimulation in the chronically spinalized rat and their relationship to spinal systems activated by low threshold cutaneous systems. Experimental Brain Research 129:401-416. PDF

  33. Tresch MC, Saltiel P, Bizzi E (1999) The construction of movement by the spinal cord. Nature Neuroscience 2(2):162-167. PDF

  34. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1998) Neural basis of motor control and its cognitive implications. Trends in Cognitive Science 2(3):97-102. PDF

  35. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1998) The acquisition of motor behavior. Daedalus 127:217-232. PDF

  36. Bizzi E, Saltiel P, Tresch MC (1998) Modular organization of motor behavior. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 53c:510-517.

  37. d'Avella A, Bizzi E (1998) Low dimensionality of supraspinally induced force fields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95(13):7711-7714. PDF

  38. Saltiel P, Tresch MC, Bizzi E (1998) Spinal cord modular organization and rhythm generation: an NMDA iontophoretic study in the frog. Journal of Neurophysiology 80:2323-2339. PDF

  39. Todorov E, Shadmehr R, Bizzi E (1997) Augmented feedback presented in a virtual environment accelerated learning of a difficult motor task. Journal of Motor Behavior 29(2):147-158.

  40. McIntyre J, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1996) The control of stable postures in the multi-joint arm. Experimental Brain Research 110:248-264.

  41. Brashers-Krug T, Shadmehr R, Bizzi E (1996) Consolidation in human motor learning. Nature 382:252-255. PDF

  42. Gandolfo F, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1996) Motor learning by field approximation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93:3843-3846. PDF

  43. Bizzi E, Giszter SF, Loeb E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Saltiel P (1995) Modular organization of motor behavior in the frog's spinal cord. Trends in Neurosciences 18:442-445. PDF

  44. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Giszter SF, Bizzi E (1994) Linear combinations of primitives in vertebrate motor control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 91:7534-7538. PDF

  45. Bizzi E (1993) Intermediate representations in the formation of arm trajectories. Current Opinion on Neurobiology 3:925-931.

  46. Dornay M, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, McIntyre J, Bizzi E (1993) Stability constraints for the distributed control of motor behavior. Neural Networks 6(8):1045-1059.

  47. Giszter SF, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1993) Convergent force fields organized in the frog's spinal cord. Journal of Neuroscience 13:467-491. PDF

  48. Loeb EP, Giszter SF, Borghesani P, Bizzi E (1993) Effects of dorsal root cut on the forces evoked by spinal microstimulation in the spinalized frog. Somatosensory and Motor Research 10:81-95.

  49. McIntyre J, Bizzi E (1993) Servo models for the biological control of movement. Journal of Motor Behavior 25:193-202.

  50. Shadmehr R, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1993) Postural force fields of the human arm and their role in generating multi-joint movements. Journal of Neuroscience 13:45-62. PDF

  51. Bizzi E, Hogan N, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Giszter SF (1992) Does the nervous system use equilibrium-point control to guide single and multiple joint movements? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 15:603-613.

  52. Bizzi E, Hogan N, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Giszter SF (1992) The equilibrium-point framework: A point of departure. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 15:808-815.

  53. Bizzi E, Giszter SF, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1991) Computations underlying the execution of movement: a biological perspective. Science 253:287-291. PDF

  54. Bizzi E (1990) Motor control in biological and artificial systems. Sfera 10:65-66.

  55. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1990) Intelligenza motoria: vincoli fisici e problemi computazionali. Sistemi Intelligenti 2:37-55.

  56. Giszter SF, McIntyre J, Bizzi E (1989) Kinematic strategies and sensorimotor transformations in the wiping movements of frogs. Journal of Neurophysiology 62:750-767. PDF

  57. Massone L, Bizzi E (1989) A neural network model for limb trajectory formation. Biological Cybernetics 61:417-425.

  58. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Hogan N (1986) Regulation of multi-joint arm posture and movement. Progress in Brain Research 64:345-351.

  59. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Hogan N, Bizzi E (1985) Neural, mechanical and geometric factors subserving arm posture in humans. Journal of Neuroscience 5:2732-2743. PDF

  60. Bizzi E, Accornero N, Chapple W, Hogan N (1984) Posture control and trajectory formation during arm movement. Journal of Neuroscience 4:2738-2744. PDF

  61. Whittington D, Lestienne F, Bizzi E (1984) Behavior of preoculomotor burst neurons during eye-head coordination. Experimental Brain Research 55:215-222.

  62. Abend WK, Bizzi E, Morasso P (1982) Human arm trajectory formation. Brain 105:331-348.

  63. Bizzi E, Accornero N, Chapple W, Hogan N (1982) Arm trajectory formation. Experimental Brain Research 46:139-143.

  64. Bizzi E, Chapple W, Hogan N (1982) Muscles as springs: implications for motor control. Trends in Neuroscience 5:395-398.

  65. Lestienne F, Polit A, Bizzi E (1981) Functional organization of the motor process underlying the transition from movement to posture. Brain Research 230:121-131.

  66. Bizzi E (1979) Strategies of eye-head coordination. Progress in Brain Research 50:795-803.

  67. Bizzi E, Polit A (1979) Processes controlling visually evoked movements. Neuropsychologia 17:203-213.

  68. Polit A, Bizzi E (1979) Characteristics of the motor programs underlying arm movements in monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology 42:183-194. PDF

  69. Bizzi E, Dev P, Morasso P, Polit A (1978) The effect of load disturbances during centrally initiated movements. Journal of Neurophysiology 41:542-556. PDF

  70. Lanman J, Bizzi E, Allum JHJ (1978) The coordination of eye and head movements during smooth pursuit. Brain Research 153:39-53.

  71. Lestienne F, Polit A, Bizzi E (1978) Processus de transition entre le mouvement et la posture: etude electromyographique chez l'homme. Journal of Physiology (Paris) 74:72P.

  72. Polit A, Bizzi E (1978) Processes controlling arm movements. Science 201:1235-1237. PDF

  73. Bizzi E, Polit A, Morasso P (1976) Mechanisms underlying achievement of final position. Journal of Neurophysiology 39:435-444. PDF

  74. Polit A, Bizzi E, Morasso P (1975) Mechanisms of head movement termination during orientation. Brain Theory Newsletter 1:7-9.

  75. Bizzi E (1974) Common problems confronting eye movement physiologists and investigators of somatic motor functions. Brain Research 71:191-194.

  76. Bizzi E (1974) The coordination of eye-head movements. Scientific American 231:100-106.

  77. Dichgans J, Bizzi E, Morasso P, Tagliasco V (1974) The role of vestibular and neck afferents during eye-head coordination in the monkey. Brain Research 71:225-232.

  78. Dichgans J, Bizzi E, Morasso P, Tagliasco V (1973) Mechanisms underlying recovery of eye-head coordination following bilateral labyrinthectomy in monkeys. Experimental Brain Research 18:548-562.

  79. Morasso P, Bizzi E, Dichgans J (1973) Adjustment of saccade characteristics during head movements. Experimental Brain Research 16:492-500.

  80. Bizzi E, Kalil RE, Morasso P (1972) Two modes of active eye-head coordination in monkeys. Brain Research 40:45-48.

  81. Bizzi E and Evarts EV (1971) Translational mechanisms between input and output. Neurosciences Research Program Bulletin 9:31-59.

  82. Bizzi E, Kalil RE, Tagliasco V (1971) Eye-head coordination in monkeys: evidence for centrally patterned organization. Science 173:452-454. PDF

  83. Bizzi E, Schiller P (1970) Single unit activity in the frontal eye fields of unanesthetized monkeys during eye and head movements. Experimental Brain Research 10:151-158.

  84. Bizzi E (1968) Discharge of frontal eye field neurons during saccadic and following eye movements in unanesthetized monkeys. Experimental Brain Research 6:69-80.

  85. Bizzi E (1967) Discharge of frontal eye field neurons during eye movements in awake monkeys. Science 157:1588-1590. PDF

  86. Bizzi E (1966) Changes in the orthodromic and antidromic response of optic tract during the eye movements of sleep. Journal of Neurophysiology 29:861-870. PDF

  87. Bizzi E (1966) Discharge patterns of single geniculate neurons during the rapid eye movements of sleep. Journal of Neurophysiology 29:1087-1095. PDF

  88. Bizzi E, Pompeiano O, Somogyi I (1964) Spontaneous activity of single vestibular neurons of unrestrained cats during sleep and wakefulness. Archives Italiennes de Biologie 102:308-330.

  89. Bizzi E, Pompeiano O, Somogyi I (1964) Vestibular nuclei: activity of single neurons during natural sleep and wakefulness. Science 145:414-415. PDF

  90. Bizzi E, Brooks DC (1963) Functional connections between pontine reticular formation and lateral geniculate nucleus during deep sleep. Archives Italiennes de Biologie 101:666-680.

  91. Bizzi E, Brooks DC (1963) Pontine reticular formation: relation to lateral geniculate nucleus during deep sleep. Science 171:270-272. PDF

  92. Bizzi E, Malliani A, Apelbaum J, Zanchetti A (1963) Excitation and inhibition of sham rage behavior in lower brain stem stimulation. Archives Italiennes de Biologie 101:614-631.

  93. Brooks DC, Bizzi E (1963) Brain stem electrical activity during deep sleep. Archives Italiennes de Biologie 101:648-665.

  94. Malliani A, Bizzi E, Apelbaum J, Zanchetti A (1963) Ascending afferent mechanisms maintaining sham rage behavior in the acute thalamic cat. Archives Italiennes de Biologie 101:632-647.

  95. Bizzi E, Spencer WA (1962) Enhancement of EEG synchrony in the acute "cerveau isole". Archives Italiennes de Biologie 100:234-247.

  96. Bizzi E, Libretti A, Malliani A, Zanchetti A (1961) Reflex chemoceptive excitation of diencephalic sham rage behavior. American Journal of Physiology 200:923-926. PDF

  97. Bartorelli C, Bizzi E, Libretti A, Zanchetti A (1960) Inhibitory control of sinocarotid pressoceptive afferents on hypothalamic autonomic activity and sham rage behavior. Archives Italiennes de Biologie 98:308-326.

  98. Apelbaum J, Bizzi E, Malliani A, Zanchetti A (1960) Effetti Della Stimolazione Del Tegmento Bulbo-Pontino Nel Gatto Talamico Acuto (Electrical Stimulation of Bulbo-Pontine Tegmentum in the Acute Thalamic Cat). Del Bollettino della Societa' Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 36(24):1537-1539.


book chapters

  1. Overduin SA, Richardson AG, Bizzi E (2008) Cortical Processing during Dynamic Motor Adaptation. In: Progress in Motor Control- A Multidisciplinary Perspective (Sternade D, ed). New York: Springer, in press.

  2. Padoa-Schioppa C, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (2005) Cortical Control of Motor Learning. In: Motor Cortex in Voluntary Movements: A Distributed System for Distributed Function (Riehle A, Vaadia E, eds), pp 329-348. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

  3. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (2004) Toward a neurobiology of coordinate transformations. In: The Cognitive Neurosciences III (Gazzaniga MS, ed), pp 413-474. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  4. Padoa-Schioppa C, Bizzi E (2003) Neuronal Plasticity in the Motor Cortex of Monkeys Acquiring a New Internal Model. In: Taking action: cognitive neuroscience perspectives on intentional acts (Johnson-Frey SH, ed), pp 341-360. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  5. Holden MK, Dettwiler A, Dyar T, Niemann G, Bizzi E (2001) Retraining movement in patients with acquired brain injury using a virtual environment. In: Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (Westwood JD, Hoffman HM, Mogel GT, Stredney D, Robb RA, eds), pp 192-198. Amsterdam: IOS Press. PDF

  6. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1999) Toward a neurobiology of coordinate transformations. In: The New Cognitive Neurosciences (Gazzaniga MS, ed), pp 489-500. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  7. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1997) Learning Newtonian mechanics. In: Self-Organization, Computational Maps and Motor Control (Morasso P, Sanguineti V, eds), pp 191-238. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

  8. Bizzi E (1994) Overview of sensory motor integration. In: The Cognitive Neurosciences II (Gazzaniga MS, ed), pp 491-493. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  9. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1994) Toward a neurobiology of coordinate transformation. In: The Cognitive Neurosciences II (Gazzaniga MS, ed), pp 495-506. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  10. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1993) Structural constraints and computational problems in motor control. In: Robots and Biological Systems: Towards a New Bionics? (Dario P, Sandini G, Aebischer P, eds), pp 339-360. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

  11. Giszter SF, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1992) Equilibrium point mechanisms in the spinal frog. In: Visual Structures and Integrated Functions (Arbib M, Ewert JP, eds), pp 223-237. New York: Springer-Verlag.

  12. Giszter SF, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1992) The organization of limb motor space in the spinal cord. In: Control of Arm Movement in Space: Neurophysiological and Computational Approaches (Caminiti R, Johnson PB, Burnod Y, eds), pp 321-331. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

  13. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Morasso P, Hogan N, Bizzi E (1991) Network models of motor systems with many degrees of freedom. In: Advances in Control Networks and Large-Scale Parallel-Distributed Processing Models (Fraser MD, ed), pp 171-220. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Co.

  14. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1990) Muscle properties and the control of arm movements. In: Visual Cognition and Action: An Invitation to Cognitive Science, Vol. 2 (Osherson D, Kosslyn S, Hollerbach J, eds), pp 213-242. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  15. Bizzi E (1989) Brain and motor control. In: Les Enigmes du Cerveau (Christen Y, Klivington K, eds), pp 142-143. Paris: Editions Hologramme.

  16. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1989) Emergent issues in the control of multi-joint movements. In: From Neuron to Action (Deecke L, ed), pp 19-28. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

  17. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1989) Geometrical and mechanical issues in movement planning and control. In: Foundations of Cognitive Science (Posner MI, ed), pp 769-792. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  18. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1989) Motor Control. In: Handbook of Neuropsychology, Vol. 2 (Bollar F, Grafman F, eds), pp 229-244. The Netherlands: Elsevier.

  19. Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1989) Theoretical and experimental approaches to biological motor control. In: From Luigi Galvani to Contemporary Neurobiology (Baruzzi A, Franzini C, Lugaresi E, Parmeggiani PL, eds), pp 39-57. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

  20. Bizzi E (1988) Arm trajectory planning and execution: the problem of coordinate transformation. In: Neurobiology of Neocortex (Rakic P, Singer W, eds), pp 371-381. Berlin: John Wiley & Sons Limited.

  21. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, McIntyre J, Bizzi E (1988) Theoretical and experimental perspectives on arm trajectory formation: A distributed model of motor redundancy. In: Biological and Artificial Intelligence Systems (Clementi E, Chin S, eds), pp 563-577. Leiden: Escom.

  22. Bizzi E (1987) Eye-head coordination. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Adelman G, ed), pp 1362-1366. Cambridge, MA: Birkhauser Boston Inc.

  23. Bizzi E (1987) Motor control mechanisms: an overview. In: Neurological Clinics (Scheinberg L, Shahani B, eds), pp 523-528. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Co.

  24. Bizzi E (1987) Multi-joint arm posture. New perspectives on the control of arm posture and movement. In: Sensory Motor Integration - Implications for Neurological Disease (Struppler A, Weindl A, eds), pp 291-296. New York: Springer-Verlag.

  25. Hogan N, Bizzi E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Flash T (1987) Controlling multi-joint motor behavior. In: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (Pandolf KB, ed), pp 153-190. New York: Macmillan.

  26. Hocherman S, Bizzi E, Hogan N, Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1986) Target acquisition and maintenance in two joint arm movements. In: Sensorimotor Plasticity, Theoretical and Clinical Aspects (Schmidt RS, Jeannerod M, eds), pp 433-446. Paris: Les Editions Inserm.

  27. Bizzi E, Abend WK (1985) Control of multi-joint movement. In: Comparative Neurobiology: Modes of Communication in the Nervous System (Strumwasser F, Cohen M, eds), pp 255-277. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

  28. Bizzi E (1983) Central processes involved in arm movement control. In: The Production of Speech (MacNeilage PF, ed), pp 3-10. New York: Springer-Verlag.

  29. Bizzi E, Abend WK (1983) Posture control and trajectory formation in single- and multi-joint arm movements. In: Motor Control Mechanisms in Health and Disease (Desmedt J, ed), pp 31-45. New York: Raven Press.

  30. Lestienne F, Whittington DA, Bizzi E (1983) The coordination of eye-head movements in alert monkeys: behaviour of eye-related neurons in the brainstem. In: Spatially Oriented Behavior (Hein A, Jeannerod M, eds), pp 105-118. New York: Springer-Verlag.

  31. Bizzi E, Accornero N, Chapple W, Hogan N (1982) Central and peripheral mechanisms in motor control. In: New Perspectives in Cerebral Localization (Thompson RA, Green JR, eds), pp 23-34. New York: Raven Press.

  32. Lestienne F, Bizzi E (1982) Processus du controle du mouvement et de sa position finale au cours d'une tache de pointage. In: Neurobiologie des Comportements Moteurs (Ripoll H, Azemar G, eds), pp 101-122. Paris: I.N.S.E.P. Publs.

  33. Lestienne F, Whittington D, Bizzi E (1982) Behavior of pontine cells during eye-head coordination: evidence of gaze shift coding by preoculomotor bursters. In: Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Eye Movements (Roucoux A, Crommelinck M, eds), pp 399-410. The Netherlands: Dr. W. Junk Publs.

  34. Lestienne F, Whittington DA, Bizzi E (1982) Single cell recording from the pontine reticular formation in monkeys: behaviour of preoculomotor neurons during eye-head coordination. In: Progress in Oculomotor Research (Fuchs A, Becker W, eds), pp 325-333. New York: Elsevier.

  35. Bizzi E (1981) Eye-head coordination. In: Handbook of Physiology, 3 (Brooks VB, ed), pp 1321-1336. Bethesda, MD: American Physiological Society.

  36. Bizzi E (1981) Visuomotor control as a computational problem. In: Theoretical Approaches in Neurobiology (Reichard WE, Poggio T, eds), pp 177-183. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  37. Bizzi E, Accornero N, Chapple W, Hogan N (1981) Processes underlying arm trajectory formation. In: Brain Mechanisms of Perceptual Awareness and Purposeful Behavior (Ajmone-Marsden C, Pompeiano O, eds), pp 311-318. New York: Raven Press.

  38. Bizzi E (1980) Central and peripheral mechanisms in motor control. In: Tutorials in Motor Behavior (Stelmach GE, Requin J, eds), pp 131-143. The Netherlands: North-Holland Publ. Co.

  39. Lestienne F, Polit A, Bizzi E (1980) From movement to posture. In: Psychology of Motor Behavior and Sport (Nadeau CH, Newell KM, Roberts GC, Halliwell W, eds), pp 390-399. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

  40. Bizzi E, Polit A (1979) Characteristics of the motor programs underlying visually evoked movements. In: Posture and Movement: Perspective for Integrating Sensory and Motor Research on the Mammalian Nervous System (Talbott RE, Humphrey D, eds), pp 169-176. New York: Raven Press.

  41. Bizzi E, Dev P, Morasso P, Polit A (1978) Role of neck proprioceptors during visually triggered head movements. In: Cerebral Motor Control in Man: Long Loop Mechanisms (Desmedt JE, ed), pp 141-152. Basel: S. Karger.

  42. Bizzi E (1976) Coordination of movement. In: Neural Control of Locomotion (Herman RM, Grillner S, Stein PSG, Stuart DG, eds), pp 798-804. New York: Plenum Press.

  43. Bizzi E (1975) Central control of eye and head movements in monkeys. In: Basic Mechanisms of Ocular Motility and Their Clinical Implications (Lennerstrand G, Bach-y-Rita P, eds), pp 469-471. New York: Pergamon Press.

  44. Bizzi E (1975) Motor coordination: central and peripheral control during eye-head movement. In: Handbook of Psychobiology (Gazzaniga MS, Blakemore C, eds), pp 427-437. New York: Academic Press.

  45. Bizzi E, Kalil RE, Morasso P (1972) Central programming and peripheral feedback during eye-head coordination in monkeys. In: Cerebral Control of Eye Movements and Motion Perception (Dichgans J, Bizzi E, eds), pp 220-232. Basel: S. Karger.


conference proceedings

  1. Bizzi E (2007) Motor primitives and rehabilitation. Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation, 20-22. PDF

  2. Richardson AG, Tresch MC, Bizzi E, Slotine J-JE (2005) Stability analysis of nonlinear muscle dynamics using contraction theory. Proceedings of the 27th Annual IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 4986-4989. PDF

  3. Lemay MA, Hogan N, Bizzi E (1996) Recruitment modulation of force fields organized in the frog's spinal cord. Proceedings of the 18th Annual IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 591-592. PDF

  4. Bizzi E (1995) Biological computations for the control of movement. International Neural Network Society Annual Meeting, World Congress on Neural Networks vol. 2, 908.

  5. Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1995) The modular organization of motor control: what frogs can teach us about adaptive learning. Sixth IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium vol. 2: Analysis, Design and, 413-418.

  6. Bizzi E (1994). Computations underlying the execution of movement: a biological perspective. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks vol. 2, 1470-1476.

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