Warren Darling Ph.D.
warren-darlingatuiowadotedu
Professor of Exercise Science

Control mechanisms for upper limb movements to visual targets are the focus of research in my laboratory. Current projects include: (1) effects of lesions of posterior parietal cortex in humans on visual and kinesthetic perception and on control of reaching movements and (2) effects of lesions in monkeys of cerebral motor areas on projections of non-lesioned motor areas to spinal cord and recovery of hand/digit movement control to acquire visual targets.

Selected Publications

Ethier, C., Brizzi, L., Darling, W.G., Capaday, C. (2006) Linear Summation of Cat Motor Cortex Outputs. Journal of Neurscience 26:5574-5581

Darling, W.G., Peterson, C.R., Herrick, J.L., McNeal, D.W., Stilwell-Morecraft, K.S., Morecraft, R.J. (2006) Measurement of Coordination of Object Manipulation in Non-human Primates. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 154:38-44

Darling, W.G. and Bartelt, R. (2005) The visual perception coordinate system uses axes defined by earth, trunk and vision. Perception 34:17-30

Darling, W.G., Bartelt, R., and Rizzo, M. (2004) Unilateral posterior parietal lobe lesions disrupt kinesthetic representation of forearm orientation. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 75:428-435

Darling, W.G. Pizzimenti, M.A., and Rizzo, M. (2003) Unilateral posterior parietal lobe lesions affect representation of visual space. Vision Research 43:1675-1688.