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Marco Santello, Ph.D. Associate Professor Neural Control of Movement Lab Office PEBE 110 Phone 480-965-8279 FAX 480-965-8108 marco.santello@asu.edu |
| About: |
Marco Santello arrived at ASU in August
1999. Before coming to ASU, Dr. Santello spent 4 years at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in the Departments of
Physiology (now Neuroscience). He was awarded a PhD in
Neurophysiology of Motor Control from the University of Birmingham,
UK, in 1995.
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| Research: |
Research in the Neural Control of
Movement laboratory focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying
control of the hand. Several complementary techniques are used
ranging from intramuscular and surface electromyography (EMG) to
recording upper limb, hand and finger kinematics as well as
between-digit force coordination patterns during grasping and
manipulation. This research aims at understanding the sensorimotor
transformations responsible for skilled hand-object interactions in
healthy individuals as well as in patients affected by
musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. Current projects
include: control of multi-digit contact points during grasping;
motor unit simulations to infer common input through surface EMG;
digit force perturbations delivered through intramuscular electrical
stimulation; sensory substituion through electrotactile stimulation;
coordination of EMG activity across multiple hand muscles as a
function of hand posture. Dr. Santello ’s research has been
supported by the National Institutes of Health and National Science
Foundation since 2002. Dr. Santello has published over 25 articles
in peer-reviewed journals and 4 book chapters. |
| Selected
Publications: |
1.
Winges, Johnston and Santello (2006).
Muscle-pair specific distribution and grip type modulation of neural
common input to extrinsic digit flexors. Journal of
Neurophysiology 96: 1258-1266. 2. Ansuini, Santello, Massaccesi, and Castiello (2006). Effects of end-goal on hand shaping. Journal of Neurophysiology 95:2456-2465. 3.
Johnston, Winges and Santello (2005).
Periodic modulation of motor-unit activity in extrinsic hand muscles
during multidigit grasping. J Neurophysiol 94(1): 206-18. 4. Winges and Santello (2004). Common input to motor units of digit flexors during multi-digit grasping. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92: 3210-20. 5. Santello, Muratori, and Gordon (2004). Control of multi-digit grasping in Parkinson's Disease: effect of predictability of object center of mass. Experimental Neurology 187: 517-528. 6.
Winges, Weber and Santello (2003).
The role of vision on hand pre-shaping during reach to grasp.
Experimental Brain Research 152: 489-498. |