Theoretical research

Articulate Instruments is a vehicle for piloting speculative research without the need to apply for funding.

In 2014 data from the visual human project and Amira segmentation software was used to trace muscle fibre paths without prejudice of the prevailing 8 muscle model. This indicated a finer structure. Reviews of work by reseachers in other fields working on histology, anatomy and electromyography supported this view of a finer neuromuscular compartmental structure.

 

To test the efficacy of this compartmental structure bespoke biomechanical modelling software (GGSim) was developed and a model of the tongue structure built from the mesh generation component of the software. 

Work has also been carried out examining the role that different levels of the neural system play in motor control of movements. One key finding being that motor neurons and interneurons in motor nuclei are responsible for controlling movement of articulators from current position to target.