This is an international research project with researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg (UKE Hamburg) in Germany. The project investigates functional coupling of neural activity in the central nervous system (CNS) particularly in individuals after stroke. It is part of a large program grant of the German Research Association (DFG). The overall aim of the present study is to develop previous work on reorganized networks in the human CNS after stroke towards complex motor behavior relevant to everyday life, to understand motor-related cognitive processes, and to refine our network models through a technically innovative analysis of activity in the spinal cord. In addition to gaining basic scientific knowledge, results from this study will inform new approaches in plasticity-enhancing therapy through selective neuromodulation of neuronal networks.
In collaboration with the UKE Hamburg, the lab is developing ways to combine motion caption data and kinematic analyses with underlying brain dynamics based on EEG signals.
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Team members: Dr. Christian Gerloff of Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf is the PI of the study. The primary contacts at the HSC lab are Naveen Elangovan ([email protected]) and Viola Winter ([email protected]).
