Atsushi Sasaki

This study investigates how descending and afferent inputs interact in spinal motor circuits using TMS and tSCS, revealing timing-dependent and spatially non-uniform interactions.

This study reviews and analyzes anodal tDCS effects on motor performance in healthy adults, finding significant but inconsistent results with publication bias and heterogeneity.

This study investigates the neural mechanisms of remote interlimb facilitation in humans, finding increased corticospinal and spinal excitability during voluntary lower-limb contractions.

The paper develops a computational model to simulate tSCS effects on motor function, finding that somatosensory afferents have lower thresholds than motor efferents, and that anode placement and waveform type influence recruitment patterns.

This study examines how muscle synergies reorganize during overarm throwing in children, finding that performance improvements come from structural and temporal reorganization rather than increased synergy number.

This study identifies shared muscle synergies between running and functional tests for return to running, finding that walking, single leg hops, and step-up tests show higher synergy with running.

This study uses HDsEMG decomposition to analyze motor neuron firing patterns in the tibialis anterior during human walking, revealing synchronization and task-specific modulation.

The paper investigates muscle synergies in human trunk and lower limb movements, finding 13 fundamental synergies that combine to perform 24 different tasks.