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Marc H. Schieber is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States, with a research focus concentrated primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their work extends across various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The main topics covered by Schieber's research include Motor Control and Adaptation, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Action Observation and Synchronization, and Robot Manipulation and Learning.

Schieber has published extensively, with a significant number of papers appearing in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • eNeuro
  • Physiological Reviews
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Schieber include:

  • Structure of Population Activity in Primary Motor Cortex for Single Finger Flexion and Extension, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Evolution, biomechanics, and neurobiology converge to explain selective finger motor control, 2024, Physiological Reviews
  • Cortico-cortical drive in a coupled premotor-primary motor cortex dynamical system, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Injecting Information into the Mammalian Cortex: Progress, Challenges, and Promise, 2020, The Neuroscientist
  • Cyclic, Condition-Independent Activity in Primary Motor Cortex Predicts Corrective Movement Behavior, 2022, eNeuro

Throughout their career, Schieber has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Sridevi V. Sarma
  • Adam G. Rouse
  • Patrick Greene
  • Kevin A. Mazurek
  • Brandon M. Ruszala

Marc H. Schieber's research contributions span interdisciplinary approaches combining neuroscience with engineering principles. Their work reflects a particular emphasis on understanding motor control mechanisms and neural interfaces, as well as the underlying dynamics of brain function related to movement and cognition.

Best Publications

  • Constraints on somatotopic organization in the primary motor cortex.

    Marc H. Schieber

  • How somatotopic is the motor cortex hand area

    Marc H. Schieber;Lyndon S. Hibbard

  • Hand function: peripheral and central constraints on performance

    Marc H. Schieber;Marco Santello

  • Quantifying the Independence of Human Finger Movements: Comparisons of Digits, Hands, and Movement Frequencies

    Charlotte Häger-Ross;Marc H. Schieber

  • Definition and classification of negative motor signs in childhood

    Terence D. Sanger;Daofen Chen;Mauricio R. Delgado;Deborah Gaebler-Spira

  • Differential impairment of individuated finger movements in humans after damage to the motor cortex or the corticospinal tract

    Catherine E. Lang;Marc H. Schieber

  • Individuated finger movements of rhesus monkeys: a means of quantifying the independence of the digits.

    M. H. Schieber

  • Human Finger Independence: Limitations due to Passive Mechanical Coupling Versus Active Neuromuscular Control

    Catherine E. Lang;Marc H. Schieber

  • Muscular production of individuated finger movements: the roles of extrinsic finger muscles.

    Marc H. Schieber

  • Trained slow tracking. II. Bidirectional discharge patterns of cerebellar nuclear, motor cortex, and spindle afferent neurons

    M. H. Schieber;W. T. Thach

  • Reduced Muscle Selectivity During Individuated Finger Movements in Humans After Damage to the Motor Cortex or Corticospinal Tract

    Catherine E. Lang;Marc H. Schieber

  • Persistent hand motor commands in the amputees' brain

    Karen T Reilly;Catherine Mercier;Marc H Schieber;Angela Sirigu

  • Partial Inactivation of the Primary Motor Cortex Hand Area: Effects on Individuated Finger Movements

    Marc H. Schieber;Andrew V. Poliakov

  • How might the motor cortex individuate movements

    Marc H Schieber

  • Bilateral Spike-Triggered Average Effects in Arm and Shoulder Muscles from the Monkey Pontomedullary Reticular Formation

    Adam G. Davidson;Marc H. Schieber;John A. Buford

  • Neural coding of finger and wrist movements.

    Apostolos P. Georgopoulos;Giuseppe Pellizzer;Andrew V. Poliakov;Marc H. Schieber

  • Asynchronous Decoding of Dexterous Finger Movements Using M1 Neurons

    V. Aggarwal;S. Acharya;F. Tenore;Hyun-Chool Shin

  • Somatotopic gradients in the distributed organization of the human primary motor cortex hand area: evidence from small infarcts.

    Marc H. Schieber

  • Orderly somatotopy in primary motor cortex: does it exist?

    Jerome N. Sanes;Marc H. Schieber

  • Incomplete functional subdivision of the human multitendoned finger muscle flexor digitorum profundus: an electromyographic study.

    Karen T. Reilly;Marc H. Schieber

  • Corticospinal Function and Voluntary Movement

    Marc H. Schieber;Andrew Poliakov

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Etienne-Cummings
Ralph Etienne-Cummings Johns Hopkins University
Angela Sirigu
Angela Sirigu Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jonathan W. Mink
Jonathan W. Mink University of Rochester
Jörn Diedrichsen
Jörn Diedrichsen University of Western Ontario
Trevor Drew
Trevor Drew University of Montreal
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos University of Chicago
Gert Cauwenberghs
Gert Cauwenberghs University of California, San Diego
Mark P. Goldberg
Mark P. Goldberg The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Martha B. Denckla
Martha B. Denckla Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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