Research

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title :

 Inferring neural correlates of motor planning and control from muscle recruitment activity

Area of research :

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus area :

Neuroscience

Principal Investigator :

Dr. Aditya Murthy, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Timeline Start Year :

2023

Timeline End Year :

2025

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

This proposal aims to study the non-invasive extraction of muscle activity recruitment from humans performing reach and saccade tasks, focusing on motor planning patterns. The research will use high density surface EMG activity to characterize motor unit recruitment patterns, test stochastic accumulation models to link motor recruitment to movement initiation and control, and use non-invasive neuro-stimulation to test the role of the prefrontal cortex in flexible sensorimotor gating of muscle activity recruitment.

Total Budget (INR):

66,46,100

Organizations involved