Apreliminarymodelfortheroleofthebasalgangliainnatural.pptVIP

A preliminary model for the role of the basal ganglia in natural motor control and motor programming * MURI Meeting, June 4th, 2002Steve Massaquoi, Zhi-Hong Mao, Eugene Lim, Munther Dahleh, and Eric FeronMassachusetts Institute of Technology Modeling the lower (motor) loop of the basal ganglia in movement Our model produced reasonable representations of normal and abnormal basal ganglionic functions in lower loop Cruise movement generation Dysfunctions in Parkinson’s disease and dystonia 1 s Plant Neuronal integrator - + Movement Muscular-skeletal system Proposed role of the basal gang