Welcome to the Limb Motor Control Website!

The primary goal of the research we do in my lab is to understand the nature of the signals within the brain that control our arm movements. We study the "language" of these control signals, and the networks of neurons that produce them. Remarkable progress has been made in the past decade toward measuring, analyzing, and understanding the function of many different motor areas of the brain. Along with this basic research is even the effort to put to use such recorded signals: To operate a robot, prosthetic device, or wheel chair, or to bypass an injured spinal cord and reactivate the muscles of a paralyzed patient.

This site offers a brief historical perspective on motor systems research, describes the current research being done in my lab, and introduces you to the entire lab staff. Feel free to contact any of us for more information, or to learn how likely it is that a brain-controlled robot will be juggling eleven balls any time soon…