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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter L. Strick is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. The research work spans several principal fields, including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, key subfields of study include Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Social Psychology, and Neurology.

The scientific topics covered in this body of work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Action Observation and Synchronization

Major recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter L. Strick include the following:

  • "Multiple areas of the cerebral cortex influence the stomach," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Cortical Motor Areas and the Emergence of Motor Skills: A Neuroanatomical Perspective," 2021, Annual Review of Neuroscience
  • "Cortical basis for skilled vocalization," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The motor cortex uses active suppression to sculpt movement," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Bridging the rodent to human translational gap: Marmosets as model systems for the study of Alzheimer's disease," 2023, Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions

Frequent co-authors in this research include:

  • Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo
  • Gregg E. Homanics
  • Jung Eun Park
  • Afonso C. Silva
  • Gregory W. Carter

Primary venues for publication in this body of work involve:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Annual Review of Neuroscience
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • Science Advances

Peter L. Strick has been recognized with several professional distinctions, including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2012, Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004, and Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Parallel Organization of Functionally Segregated Circuits Linking Basal Ganglia and Cortex

    Garrett E. Alexander;Mahlon R. DeLong;Peter L. Strick

  • Basal ganglia and cerebellar loops: motor and cognitive circuits.

    Frank A Middleton;Peter L Strick;Peter L Strick

  • Motor Areas of the Medial Wall: A Review of Their Location and Functional Activation

    Nathalie Picard;Peter L. Strick

  • Cerebellum and Nonmotor Function

    Peter L. Strick;Richard P. Dum;Julie A. Fiez

  • CEREBELLAR LOOPS WITH MOTOR CORTEX AND PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF A NONHUMAN PRIMATE

    Roberta M. Kelly;Peter L. Strick

  • The origin of corticospinal projections from the premotor areas in the frontal lobe

    RP Dum;PL Strick

  • Anatomical evidence for cerebellar and basal ganglia involvement in higher cognitive function

    Frank A. Middleton;Peter L. Strick

  • Imaging the premotor areas.

    Nathalie Picard;Peter L Strick

  • Cerebellar Projections to the Prefrontal Cortex of the Primate

    Frank A. Middleton;Peter L. Strick;Peter L. Strick

  • Muscle and Movement Representations in the Primary Motor Cortex

    Shinji Kakei;Donna S. Hoffman;Donna S. Hoffman;Peter L. Strick;Peter L. Strick

  • The origin of thalamic inputs to the arcuate premotor and supplementary motor areas

    GR Schell;PL Strick

  • The cerebellum communicates with the basal ganglia.

    Eiji Hoshi;Eiji Hoshi;Léon Tremblay;Jean Féger;Peter L Carras

  • Basal Ganglia Output and Cognition: Evidence from Anatomical, Behavioral, and Clinical Studies

    Frank A. Middleton;Peter L. Strick

  • The basal ganglia communicate with the cerebellum

    Andreea C. Bostan;Richard P. Dum;Peter L. Strick

  • Cerebellar networks with the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia

    Andreea C. Bostan;Richard P. Dum;Peter L. Strick;Peter L. Strick

  • Motor areas in the frontal lobe of the primate.

    Richard P Dum;Peter L Strick

  • Topographic organization of corticospinal projections from the frontal lobe: motor areas on the lateral surface of the hemisphere.

    San-Qiang He;Richard P. Dum;Peter L. Strick

  • Frontal lobe inputs to primate motor cortex: evidence for four somatotopically organized ‘premotor’ areas

    Kamel F. Muakkassa;Kamel F. Muakkassa;Peter L. Strick;Peter L. Strick

  • The Inferior Parietal Lobule Is the Target of Output from the Superior Colliculus, Hippocampus, and Cerebellum

    Dottie M. Clower;Robert A. West;James C. Lynch;Peter L. Strick;Peter L. Strick

  • Multiple output channels in the basal ganglia.

    John E. Hoover;Peter L. Strick

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Dum
Richard P. Dum University of Pittsburgh
Kamil Ugurbil
Kamil Ugurbil University of Minnesota
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
David A. Leopold
David A. Leopold National Institutes of Health
Scott T. Grafton
Scott T. Grafton University of California, Santa Barbara
Hajime Mushiake
Hajime Mushiake Tohoku University
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Gregory Hickok
Gregory Hickok University of California, Irvine

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