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@article{citeulike:707474, abstract = {The complex issue of translating the planning of arm movements into muscle forces is discussed in relation to the recent discovery of structures in the spinal cord. These structures contain circuitry that, when activated, produce precisely balanced contractions in groups of muscles. These synergistic contractions generate forces that direct the limb toward an equilibrium point in space. Remarkably, the force outputs, produced by activating different spinal-cord structures, sum vectorially. This vectorial combination of motor outputs might be a mechanism for producing a vast repertoire of motor behaviors in a simple manner.}, address = {Dept of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139-4307, USA.}, author = {Bizzi, E. and Giszter, S. F. and Loeb, E. and Mussa-Ivaldi, F. A. and Saltiel, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {707474}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8545910}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=8545910}, issn = {0166-2236}, journal = {Trends Neurosci}, keywords = {equilibrium-point, force-field, frog, primitives}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {442--446}, posted-at = {2006-06-22 16:30:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Modular organization of motor behavior in the frog's spinal cord.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8545910}, volume = {18}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:707474 L3 - citeulike-article-id:707474 N2 - The complex issue of translating the planning of arm movements into muscle forces is discussed in relation to the recent discovery of structures in the spinal cord. These structures contain circuitry that, when activated, produce precisely balanced contractions in groups of muscles. These synergistic contractions generate forces that direct the limb toward an equilibrium point in space. Remarkably, the force outputs, produced by activating different spinal-cord structures, sum vectorially. This vectorial combination of motor outputs might be a mechanism for producing a vast repertoire of motor behaviors in a simple manner. IS - 10 JF - Trends Neurosci SN - 0166-2236 AD - Dept of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139-4307, USA. EP - 446 TI - Modular organization of motor behavior in the frog's spinal cord. VL - 18 SP - 442 KW - equilibrium-point KW - force-field KW - frog KW - primitives AU - Bizzi, E AU - Giszter, SF AU - Loeb, E AU - Mussa-Ivaldi, FA AU - Saltiel, P PY - 1995/10// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8545910 ER -