Task-dependent modulation of spinal and transcortical stretch reflexes linked to motor learning rate

• Published in: Behavioral neuroscience Vol. 132; no. 3; p. 194
• Main Author: Dimitriou, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological - physiology; Adult; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Feedback; Female; Hand - physiology; Humans; Learning - physiology; Male; Motor Skills - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Posture - physiology; Proprioception - physiology; Reflex, Stretch - physiology; Spinal Cord - physiology; Synapses - physiology; Torso - physiology; Visual Perception - physiology

It is generally believed that task-dependent control of body configuration ("posture") is achieved by adjusting voluntary motor activity and transcortical "long-latency" reflexes. Spinal monosynaptic circuits are thought not to be engaged in such task-level control. Similarly, be...