Three new publications from the lab!
We are pleased to announce that we were able to publish three new papers in the last month!
The first paper addresses how the central nervous system (CNS) controls the rate of force development in macaques. We show that motor neuron recruitment is determined by the interplay of the size principle and common input, and that this recruitment scheme is not violated by the timing or speed of contractions.
Furthermore, in the second paper, we present a systematic investigation of the anatomical and neural factors that determine the large variability in the number of identified motoneurons between individuals and the force exerted despite a high accuracy in the decomposition of high-density EMG signals.
Last but not least, we report in the third paper that an startling auditory stimulus increases the number of discharges per motor unit per second, which is a key determinant of the rate of force development in humans. Thus, following an startling auditory stimulus, a higher rate of force development is also registered.