Numa Dancause

Full professor

Affiliations

  • Department of Neuroscience - Faculty of Medicine

Research expertise

  • Motor and premotor cortex
  • Movement control
  • Motor recovery
  • Plasticity
  • Rehabilitation

Main research projects

  • Cortical interactions and networks involved in the hand control
  • Reorganization of neural activity following stroke
  • Effects of rehabilitation on plasticity following stroke
  • Development of neuromodulatory treatments and neuroprostheses to promote recovery after stroke

Approaches used

  • Intracortical microstimulation
  • Extracellular neuronal recordings in the awake animal
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • Behavioral and electromyographic (EMG) signal analysis

Keywords

Cortex, Movement, Recovery, Plasticity, Rehabilitation

This content has been updated on 26 January 2024 at 11 h 41 min.