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A shared neural integrator for human posture control

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Control of standing posture requires fusion of multiple inputs including visual, vestibular, somatosensory, and other sensors, each having distinct dynamics. We propose that postural control also entails a shared neural integrator. To test this theory, we perturbed standing subjects with classic sensory stimuli (optokinetic and galvanic vestibular stimulation) and found that our proposed shared filter reproduces the dynamics of subjects' postural responses.

Source: Journal of Neurophysiology

DOI: 10.1152/jn.00428.2016

Authors: S. E. Haggerty, A. R. Wu, K. H. Sienko, A. D. Kuo

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Motor Control and Adaptation

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green