Neural Control of Hand and Finger Movements

Our lab investigated how the brain controls movements of the body. A longstanding line of investigation explored control of fine finger movements, like those used in typing, playing a musical instrument, or performing delicate surgery. More recent work studied the combination of reaching, grasping, and manipulating. Additional recent projects investigated the voluntary control of neuronal activity, the modulation of mirror neuron populations, and the ability to inject information into the brain using intracortical microstimulation.
Dr. Schieber is no longer accepting trainees.

Marc H. Schieber, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Publications
View All Publications- Disentangling indirect versus direct effects of somatosensory cortex microstimulation on neurons in primary motor and ventral premotor cortex.; Journal of neural engineering. 2025 Sep 17.
- Progressively shifting patterns of co-modulation among premotor cortex neurons carry dynamically similar signals during action execution and observation.; eLife; Vol 13. 2025 Aug 14.
- Injecting information in the cortical reach-to-grasp network is effective in ventral but not dorsal nodes.; Cell reports; Vol 44(5), pp. 115664. 2025 May 19.
- Neural Synchrony Links Sensorimotor Cortices in a Network for Facial Motor Control.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025 Mar 19.
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601 Elmwood Ave,
Rochester, NY 14642