URMC / Labs / Schieber Lab / Publications Recent Publications Greene PBastian AJSchieber MHSarma SV Optimal reaching subject to computational and physical constraints reveals structure of the sensorimotor control system.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol 121(14), pp. e2319313121. 2024 Mar 28. Xu JMawase FSchieber MH Evolution, biomechanics, and neurobiology converge to explain selective finger motor control.; Physiological reviews. 2024 Feb 22. Ruszala BMazurek KASchieber MH Somatosensory cortex microstimulation modulates primary motor and premotor cortex neurons with extensive spatial convergence and divergence.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2023 Aug 07. Zhao ZSchieber MH Progressively shifting patterns of co-modulation among premotor cortex neurons carry dynamically similar signals during action execution and observation.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2023 Jan 06. D'Aleo RRouse AGSchieber MHSarma SV Cortico-cortical drive in a coupled premotor-primary motor cortex dynamical system.; Cell reports; Vol 41(12), pp. 111849. 2022 Dec 20. Greene PSchieber MHSarma SV A computational perspective on coordinate systems for motor control.; Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference; Vol 2022, pp. 5148-5151. 2022 Jul. Rouse AGSchieber MHSarma SV Cyclic, condition-independent activity in primary motor cortex predicts corrective movement behavior.; eNeuro. 2022 Mar 28. Greene PSchieber MHSarma SV Neural Encoding of Reaches in a Linear Cortical Model.; Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference; Vol 2021. 2021 Nov. Liu ZSchieber MH Neuronal activity distributed in multiple cortical areas during voluntary control of the native arm or a brain-computer interface.; eNeuro. 2020 Oct 15. Schieber MH Modern coordinates for the motor homunculus.; The Journal of physiology. 2020 Oct 12. Mazurek KASchieber MH Injecting Information into the Mammalian Cortex: Progress, Challenges, and Promise.; The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry. 2020 Jul 10. Mazurek KASchieber MH Mirror neurons precede non-mirror neurons during action execution.; Journal of neurophysiology. 2019 Nov 06. Schieber MH Stimulating Cerebellar Outflow Reveals Temporal Control of Motor Cortical Activity.; Cell reports; Vol 27(9). 2019 May 28. Mazurek KASchieber MH How is electrical stimulation of the brain experienced, and how can we tell? Selected considerations on sensorimotor function and speech.; Cognitive neuropsychology; Vol 36(3-4). 2019 May. Rouse AGSchieber MH Condition-Dependent Neural Dimensions Progressively Shift during Reach to Grasp.; Cell reports; Vol 25(11). 2018 Dec 11. Choi HYou KJThakor NVSchieber MHShin HC Single-finger Neural Basis Information-based Neural Decoder (nBINDER) for Multi-finger Movements.; IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2018 Oct 12. Smith RJSoares ABRouse AGSchieber MHThakor NV Modeling task-specific neuronal ensembles improves decoding of grasp.; Journal of neural engineering; Vol 15(3). 2018 Jun. Mazurek KARouse AGSchieber MH Mirror Neuron Populations Represent Sequences of Behavioral Epochs During Both Execution and Observation.; The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience; Vol 38(18). 2018 May 02. Schieber MH Coordinates for the somatosensory homunculus.; The Journal of physiology. 2018 Jan 20. Mazurek KASchieber MH Injecting Instructions into Premotor Cortex.; Neuron. 2017 Dec 06. Sumsky SLSchieber MHThakor NVSarma SVSantaniello S Decoding Kinematics Using Task-Independent Movement-Phase-Specific Encoding Models.; IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Vol 25(11). 2017 Nov. Rouse AGSchieber MH Spatiotemporal Distribution of Location and Object Effects in Primary Motor Cortex Neurons during Reach-to-Grasp.; The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience; Vol 36(41). 2016 Oct 12. Hotson GSmith RJRouse AGSchieber MHThakor NVWester BA High Precision Neural Decoding of Complex Movement Trajectories using Recursive Bayesian Estimation with Dynamic Movement Primitives.; IEEE robotics and automation letters; Vol 1(2). 2016 Jul. Jaynes MJSchieber MHMink JW Temporal and kinematic consistency predict sequence awareness.; Experimental brain research. 2016 Jun 21. Schieber MH Neuro-prosthetic interplay: Comment on "Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands" by M. Santello et al.; Physics of life reviews. 2016 Apr 6. Rouse AGSchieber MH Spatiotemporal distribution of location and object effects in the electromyographic activity of upper extremity muscles during reach-to-grasp.; Journal of neurophysiology. 2016 Mar 23. Aoki TRivlis GSchieber MH Handedness and index finger movements performed on a small touchscreen.; Journal of neurophysiology. 2015 Dec 16. Rouse AGSchieber MH Spatiotemporal distribution of location and object effects in reach-to-grasp kinematics.; Journal of neurophysiology. 2015 Oct 7. Kim YHThakor NVSchieber MHKim HN Neuron selection based on deflection coefficient maximization for the neural decoding of dexterous finger movements.; IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Vol 23(3). 2015 May. Rouse AGSchieber MH Advancing brain-machine interfaces: moving beyond linear state space models.; Frontiers in systems neuroscience; Vol 9. 2015. Mollazadeh MAggarwal VThakor NVSchieber MH Principal components of hand kinematics and neurophysiological signals in motor cortex during reach to grasp movements.; Journal of neurophysiology; Vol 112(8). 2014 Oct 15. Law AJRivlis GSchieber MH Rapid acquisition of novel interface control by small ensembles of arbitrarily selected primary motor cortex neurons.; Journal of neurophysiology; Vol 112(6). 2014 Sep 15. Rupp KMSchieber MHThakor NV Local field potentials mitigate decline in motor decoding performance caused by loss of spiking units.; Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference; Vol 2014. 2014. Kirsch ERivlis GSchieber MH Primary Motor Cortex Neurons during Individuated Finger and Wrist Movements: Correlation of Spike Firing Rates with the Motion of Individual Digits versus Their Principal Components.; Frontiers in neurology; Vol 5. 2014. Aggarwal VMollazadeh MDavidson AGSchieber MHThakor NV State-based decoding of hand and finger kinematics using neuronal ensemble and LFP activity during dexterous reach-to-grasp movements.; Journal of neurophysiology; Vol 109(12). 2013 Jun. Schieber MH Mirror neurons: reflecting on the motor cortex and spinal cord.; Current biology : CB; Vol 23(4). 2013 Feb 18. Kim HNKim YHShin HCAggarwal VSchieber MHThakor NV Neuron Selection by Relative Importance for Neural Decoding of Dexterous Finger Prosthesis Control Application.; Biomedical signal processing and control; Vol 7(6). 2012 Nov 1. Saxena SSchieber MHThakor NVSarma SV Aggregate input-output models of neuronal populations.; IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering; Vol 59(7). 2012 Jul. Andersen RASchieber MHThakor NLoeb GE Natural and accelerated recovery from brain damage: experimental and theoretical approaches.; IEEE pulse; Vol 3(2). 2012 Mar. Kang XSchieber MHThakor NV Decoding of finger, hand and arm kinematics using switching linear dynamical systems with pre-motor cortical ensembles.; Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference; Vol 2012. 2012. Schieber MH Dissociating motor cortex from the motor.; The Journal of physiology; Vol 589(Pt 23). 2011 Dec 1. Mollazadeh MAggarwal VDavidson AGLaw AJThakor NVSchieber MH Spatiotemporal variation of multiple neurophysiological signals in the primary motor cortex during dexterous reach-to-grasp movements.; The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience; Vol 31(43). 2011 Oct 26. Newman GIAggarwal VSchieber MHThakor NV Identifying neuron communities during a reach and grasp task using an unsupervised clustering analysis.; Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference; Vol 2011. 2011. Dancause NSchieber MH The impact of head direction on lateralized choices of target and hand.; Experimental brain research; Vol 201(4). 2010 Apr. Shin HCAggarwal VAcharya SSchieber MHThakor NV Neural decoding of finger movements using Skellam-based maximum-likelihood decoding.; IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering; Vol 57(3). 2010 Mar. Law AJSharma GSchieber MH An information transmission measure for the analysis of effective connectivity among cortical neurons.; Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference; Vol 2010. 2010. Aggarwal VTenore FAcharya SSchieber MHThakor NV Cortical decoding of individual finger and wrist kinematics for an upper-limb neuroprosthesis.; Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference; Vol 2009. 2009. Schieber MHLang CEReilly KTMcNulty PSirigu A Selective activation of human finger muscles after stroke or amputation.; Advances in experimental medicine and biology; Vol 629. 2009. Reilly KTSchieber MHMcNulty PA Selectivity of voluntary finger flexion during ischemic nerve block of the hand.; Experimental brain research; Vol 188(3). 2008 Jul. Aggarwal VAcharya STenore FShin HCEtienne-Cummings RSchieber MHThakor NV Asynchronous decoding of dexterous finger movements using M1 neurons.; IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Vol 16(1). 2008 Feb.