Neuroscience, Neurophysiology and Symmetry
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Life Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 16494
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neurophysiology; electrophysiology; neurosciences; plasticity of the motor function; plasticity of the postural function
Interests: neuroscience; Alzheimer's disease; natural products; therapeutic; drug discovery; oxidative stress; nutraceuticals
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Dear Colleagues,
Neurosciences, neurophysiology and symmetry. Why is symmetry (inter-limb) so particular to human movement and posture? Is it because symmetry is not systematically observed between the two limbs from the perspective of motor or postural behaviour? Is it because symmetry between the two limbs influences motor performance and limits the risk of injury and falls in sportspeople, healthy, elderly, frail and pathological subjects as part of professional, sports and leisure activities as well as activities of daily life? Is it rather a systematic search for possible inter-limb asymmetry in the context of the optimisation of motor performance or the rehabilitation of functional abilities? Inter-limb symmetry or asymmetry may occur as a function of motor experience (e.g., high versus low), the nature of movements (e.g., specialised versus non-specialised), the environmental context (e.g., easy versus difficult motor tasks), individual/intrinsic factors (e.g., proprioception, hemispheric laterality, motor output) and the limb dominance effect. However, on the one hand, the finer details of motor and postural symmetry or asymmetry have not yet been fully identified in terms of information perception, central integration and movement command and control. On the other hand, the neural mechanisms involved are also not fully understood at the different neurological levels (peripheral, spinal, subcortical and cortical). Therefore, exploratory research is needed in order to understand symmetry or asymmetry in terms of human movement and posture. Here we call for papers which address why and how symmetry or asymmetry affects the motor and postural behaviour.
Prof. Dr. Thierry Paillard
Dr. Sandeep Kumar Singh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- symmetry
- asymmetry
- motor behaviour
- postural balance
- movement
- posture
- limb dominance
- inter-limb relative motion
- laterality