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Unveiling Stimulation Secrets of Electrical Excitation of Neural Tissue Using a Circuit Probability Theory

Electrical excitation of neural tissue has wide applications, but how electrical stimulation interacts with neural tissue remains to be elucidated. Here, we propose a new theory, named the Circuit-Probability theory, to reveal how this physical interaction happen. The relation between the electrical stimulation input and the neural response can be theoretically calculated. We show that […]

Published on July 11, 2020

Do Muscle Synergies Improve Optimization Prediction of Muscle Activations During Gait?

Determination of muscle forces during motion can help to understand motor control, assess pathological movement, diagnose neuromuscular disorders, or estimate joint loads. Difficulty of in vivo measurement made computational analysis become a common alternative in which, as several muscles serve each degree of freedom, the muscle redundancy problem must be solved. Unlike static optimization (SO), […]

Published on July 11, 2020

Brain Dynamics Underlying Memory for Lifetime Experiences

The ability to remember our past depends critically on the hippocampus and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), but their respective roles are debated. Contrary to classic theories, recent work (McCormick et al.) has shown that vmPFC drives the hippocampus during memory retrieval, irrespective of how old the recalled memories are. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. […]

Published on July 11, 2020