A Neural Controller Model Considering the Vestibulospinal Tract in Human Postural Control.

ABSTRACT: Humans are able to control their posture in their daily lives. It is important to understand how this is achieved in order to understand the mechanisms that lead to impaired postural control in various diseases. The descending tracts play an important role in controlling posture, particularly the reticulospinal and the vestibulospinal tracts (VST), and there is evidence that the latter is impaired in various diseases. However, the contribution of the VST to human postural control remains unclear, despite extensive research using neuroscientific methods. One reason for this is that the neuroscientific approach limits our understanding of the relationship between an array of sensory information and the muscle outputs. This limitation can be addressed by carrying out studies using computation

SUBMITTER: Omura Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8913724 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature