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Francesco Lacquaniti

Francesco Lacquaniti

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Neuroscience

D-Index
95
Citations
30636
World Ranking
912
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Francesco Lacquaniti is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, and social psychology.

The main topics of work in their research include:

  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Action Observation and Synchronization

Lacquaniti's recent papers illustrate their active engagement in varied aspects of neuroscience and motor control, with publications such as:

  • Spinal motoneurons of the human newborn are highly synchronized during leg movements (2020), Science Advances
  • Distinct locomotor precursors in newborn babies (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structural connectome and connectivity lateralization of the multimodal vestibular cortical network (2020), NeuroImage
  • Brain Correlates of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness: A Review of Neuroimaging Studies (2021), Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Does the cerebellum shape the spatiotemporal organization of muscle patterns? Insights from subjects with cerebellar ataxias (2020), Journal of Neurophysiology

The researcher has frequently published in venues including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Journal of Neurophysiology, and PLoS ONE.

Collaborations form an important part of Lacquaniti's work, with frequent co-authors such as Yuri P. Ivanenko, Francesca Sylos-Labini, Germana Cappellini, Myrka Zago, and Andrea d'Avella.

Recognition of their academic contribution includes membership in the Academia Europaea awarded in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Five basic muscle activation patterns account for muscle activity during human locomotion

    Y. Ivanenko;Richard E. Poppele;F. Lacquaniti

  • Motor Patterns in Human Walking and Running

    Germana Cappellini;Yuri P Ivanenko;Richard E Poppele;Francesco Lacquaniti

  • The law relating the kinematic and figural aspects of drawing movements

    Francesco Lacquaniti;Carlo Terzuolo;Paolo Viviani

  • Control of fast-reaching movements by muscle synergy combinations.

    Andrea d'Avella;Alessandro Portone;Laure Fernandez;Francesco Lacquaniti

  • Invariant characteristics of a pointing movement in man

    JF Soechting;F Lacquaniti

  • Locomotor primitives in newborn babies and their development.

    Nadia Dominici;Yuri P. Ivanenko;Germana Cappellini;Andrea d’Avella

  • Does the brain model Newton's laws?

    J. McIntyre;M. Zago;A. Berthoz;F. Lacquaniti

  • Coordination of locomotion with voluntary movements in humans.

    Yuri P. Ivanenko;Germana Cappellini;Nadia Dominici;Richard E. Poppele

  • The role of preparation in tuning anticipatory and reflex responses during catching

    Francesco Lacquaniti;Claudio Maioli

  • Motor Patterns for Human Gait: Backward Versus Forward Locomotion

    R. Grasso;L. Bianchi;F. Lacquaniti

  • Representing Spatial Information for Limb Movement: Role of Area 5 in the Monkey

    F. Lacquaniti;E. Guigon;L. Bianchi;S. Ferraina

  • Motor Control Programs and Walking

    Yuri P. Ivanenko;Richard E. Poppele;Francesco Lacquaniti

  • Patterned control of human locomotion

    Francesco Lacquaniti;Yuri P. Ivanenko;Myrka Zago

  • Coordination of arm and wrist motion during a reaching task

    F Lacquaniti;JF Soechting

  • Representation of Visual Gravitational Motion in the Human Vestibular Cortex

    Iole Indovina;Vincenzo Maffei;Gianfranco Bosco;Myrka Zago

  • Parieto-frontal coding of reaching: an integrated framework

    Yves Burnod;Pierre Baraduc;Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer;Emmanuel Guigon

  • Modification of trajectory of a pointing movement in response to a change in target location.

    J. F. Soechting;F. Lacquaniti

  • Eye–Hand Coordination during Reaching. I. Anatomical Relationships between Parietal and Frontal Cortex

    Barbara Marconi;Aldo Genovesio;Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer;Stefano Ferraina

  • Control of foot trajectory in human locomotion: role of ground contact forces in simulated reduced gravity.

    Y. P. Ivanenko;R. Grasso;V. Macellari;F. Lacquaniti

  • Internal models of limb geometry in the control of hand compliance

    F Lacquaniti;NA Borghese;M Carrozzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuri P. Ivanenko
Yuri P. Ivanenko Collège de France
Andrea d'Avella
Andrea d'Avella University of Messina
Luca Passamonti
Luca Passamonti University of Cambridge
Roberto Caminiti
Roberto Caminiti Italian Institute of Technology
Guy Cheron
Guy Cheron Université Libre de Bruxelles
Bernard Dan
Bernard Dan Université Libre de Bruxelles
Emiliano Macaluso
Emiliano Macaluso Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Stefano Ferraina
Stefano Ferraina Sapienza University of Rome
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer Sapienza University of Rome

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