News tagged with primary motor

Observation about how nervous system learns and encodes motion could improve stroke recovery

Bioengineers have taken a small step toward improving physical recovery in stroke patients by showing that a key feature of how limb motion is encoded in the nervous system plays a crucial role in how new ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time

(PhysOrg.com) -- By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The "thought-to-speech" ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (104) | comments 27 feature

Evolution of new brain area enables complex movements

A new area of the cerebral cortex has evolved to enable man and higher primates to pick up small objects and deftly use tools, according to neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pittsburgh's ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0