Motor Activity
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Visual learning shapes the processing of complex movement stimuli in the human brain.

2 Nov 2009 Recognition of actions and complex movements is fundamental for social interactions and action understanding. While the relationship between motor expertise and visual recognition of body movements has received a vast amount of interest, the role of ... Read more...

Decreased firing of striatal neurons related to licking during acquisition and overtraining of a licking task.

2 Nov 2009 Neurons that fire in relation to licking, in the ventral part of the dorsolateral striatum (DLS), were studied during acquisition and performance of a licking task in rats for 14 sessions (2 h/d). Task learning was indicated by fewer errors of ... Read more...

The nitric oxide/cGMP pathway tunes the thermosensitivity of swimming motor patterns in Xenopus laevis tadpoles.

2 Nov 2009 We investigated the role of the nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP pathway in setting thresholds for failure and recovery during hyperthermic stress of the swimming central pattern generator of immobilized Xenopus tadpoles (stage 42). We recorded swimming motor ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Motor Activity'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Visual learning shapes the processing of complex movement stimuli in the human brain. 2 Nov 2009
• Decreased firing of striatal neurons related to licking during acquisition and overtraining of a licking task. 2 Nov 2009
• The nitric oxide/cGMP pathway tunes the thermosensitivity of swimming motor patterns in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. 2 Nov 2009
• Functional clustering of neurons in motor cortex determined by cellular resolution imaging in awake behaving mice. 2 Nov 2009
• Endocannabinoid modulation of amphetamine sensitization is disrupted in a rodent model of lesion-induced dopamine dysregulation. 30 Oct 2009
• Psychometric properties of the Rivermead Motor Assessment: its utility in stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over bilateral hemispheres enhances motor function and training effect of paretic hand in patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Exercises for paretic upper limb after stroke: a combined virtual-reality and telemedicine approach. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot-assisted rehabilitation of the paretic upper limb: rationale of the ARAMIS project. 30 Oct 2009
• Virtual reality and motor rehabilitation of the upper limb after stroke: a generation of progress? 30 Oct 2009
• Reach-to-grasp interjoint coordination for moving object in children with hemiplegia. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot-mediated and clinical scales evaluation after upper limb botulinum toxin type A injection in children with hemiplegia. 30 Oct 2009
• Kinematic and neurophysiological models: future applications in neurorehabilitation. 30 Oct 2009
• Upper limb rehabilitation robotics after stroke: a perspective from the University of Padua, Italy. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot-mediated therapy for paretic upper limb of chronic patients following neurological injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot therapy for functional recovery of the upper limbs: a pilot study on patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot-based rehabilitation of the upper limbs in multiple sclerosis: feasibility and preliminary results. 30 Oct 2009
• Bilateral robot therapy based on haptics and reinforcement learning: Feasibility study of a new concept for treatment of patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• An estimated 30-60% of adult patients after stroke do not achieve satisfactory motor recovery of the upper limb despite intensive rehabilitation. 30 Oct 2009
• Perceived barriers to and facilitators of physical activity in young adults with childhood-onset physical disabilities. 30 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Motor Activity'

Definition: The physical activity of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon.

Descriptor UI: D009043

Alternative terms: Motor Activity; Activities, Motor; Activity, Motor; Motor Activities; Physical Activity; Activities, Physical; Activity, Physical; Physical Activities; Locomotor Activity; Activities, Locomotor; Activity, Locomotor; Locomotor Activities;

Related Mesh Headings: Hyperkinesis; Psychomotor Performance;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.145.632; G11.427.590.530.698;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: differentiate from MOVEMENT; animal running in exercise wheel goes here or under PHYSICAL EXERTION