Selected Publications

Neurophysiology

• Interactions with compliant loads alter stretch reflex gains but not intermuscular coordination.
  Perreault EJ, Chen K, Trumbower RD, Lewis GN.
  J Neurophysiol 99(2):(in press), 2008.
• Motor cortical measures of use-dependent plasticity are graded from distal to proximal in the human limb.
  Krutky MA, Perreault EJ.
  J Neurophysiol 98(6):3230-3241, 2007.
• Prediction of upper limb muscle activity from motor cortical discharge during reaching.
  Pohlmeyer EA, Solla SA, Perreault EJ, Miller LE.
  J Neural Eng 4(4):369-379, 2007.
• The effect of task instruction on the excitability of spinal and supraspinal reflex pathways projecting to the biceps muscle.
  Lewis GN, Mackinnon CD, Perreault EJ.
  Exp Brain Res 174:413-425, 2006.
• The influence of perturbation duration and velocity on long-latency response to stretch in the biceps muscle.
  Lewis GN, Perreault EJ, MacKinnon CD.
  Exp Brain Res 163:361-369, 2005.
• Voluntary control of static endpoint stiffness during force regulation tasks.
  Perreault EJ, Kirsch RF, Crago PE.
  J Neurophysiol 87:2808-2816, 2002.

Biomechanics

• In situ estimation of tendon material properties: Differences between muscles ofthe feline hind limb
  Cui L, Maas H, Perreault EJ, Sandercock TG.
  J Biomech 42:679-685, 2009.
• Modeling short-range stiffness of feline lower hindlimb muscles.
  Cui L, Perreault EJ, Maas H, Sandercock TG.
  J Biomech 41(9):1945-1952, 2008.
• Motor unit composition has little effect on the short-range stiffness of feline medial gastrocnemius muscle.
  Cui L, Perreault EJ, Sandercock TG.
  J Appl Physiol 103:796-802, 2007.
• Multijoint Dynamics and Postural Stability of the Human Arm.
  Perreault EJ, Kirsch RF, Crago PE.
  Exp Brain Res 157:507-517, 2004.
• Summation of motor unit forces in cat soleus during experimentally simulated recruitment.
  Perreault EJ, Day SJ, Hulliger M, Heckman CJ, Sandercock TG.
  J Neurophysiol 89:738-477, 2003.
• Hill muscle model errors during movement are greatest within the physiologically relevant range of motor unit firing rates.
  Perreault EJ, Heckman CJ, Sandercock TG.
  J Biomech 36:211-218, 2003.
• Effects of voluntary force generation on the elastic components of endpoint stiffness.
  Perreault EJ, Kirsch RF, Crago PE.
  Exp Brain Res 141:312-323, 2001.
• Estimation of intrinsic and reflex contributions to muscle dynamics: a modeling study.
  Perreault EJ, Crago PE , Kirsch RF.
  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 47:1413-1421, 2000.
• Multiple-input, multiple-output system identification for the characterization of limb stiffness dynamics.
  Perreault EJ, Kirsch RF, Acosta AM.
  Biological Cybernetics 80:327-337, 1999.

Rehabilitation

• Toward the Restoration of Hand Use to a Paralyzed Monkey: Brain-Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation of Forearm Muscles
  Pohlmeyer EA, Oby ER, Perreault EJ, Solla SA, Kilgore KL, Kirsch RF, Miller LE
  PLoS ONE 4(6):e5924, 2009.
• Stretch reflex coupling between the hip and knee: implications for impaired gait following stroke.
  Finley J, Perreault EJ, Dhaher YY.
  Exp Brain Res ePub April 8, 2008.
• Side of lesion influences interhemispheric inhibition in subjects with post-stroke hemiparesis.
  Lewis GN, Perreault EJ.
  Clin Neurophysiol 118(12):2656-2663, 2007.
• Side of lesion influences bilateral activation in chronic, post-stroke hemiparesis.
  Lewis GN, Perreault EJ.
  Clin Neurophysiol 118:2050-2062, 2007.
• Postural arm control following cervical spinal cord injury.
  Perreault EJ, Crago PE , Kirsch RF.
  IEEE Trans. Neural Systems and Rehab Eng 9:369-377, 2001.

Engineering

• Translational neural engineering: multiple perspectives on bringing benchtop research into the clinical domain.
  Rousche P, Schneeweis DM, Perreault EJ, Jensen W.
  J Neural Eng 5(1):16-20, 2008.
• Educational methods and best practices in BME laboratories.
  Perreault EJ, Litt M, Saterbak A.
  Ann Biomed Eng 34:209-216, 2006.
• Identification of multiple-input systems with highly coupled inputs: application to EMG prediction from multiple intracortical electrodes.
  Westwick DT, Pohlmeyer EA, Solla SA, Miller LE, Perreault EJ.
  Neural Comput 18:329-355, 2006.