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The Sensorimotor Integration [SMI] Study Section reviews applications concerned with the structure and function of motor, sensorimotor, and vestibular systems, involving neurophysiological, molecular/genetic, biochemical, neuroanatomical, biophysical, behavioral, bioengineering and computational approaches. Emphasis is on integrative systems approaches to elucidating neural substrates of motor control. Specific areas covered by SMI:

• Cortical and cerebellar motor control: anatomy and physiology of cortical and cerebellar microcircuitry involved in voluntary and involuntary movements; reaching and grasping; cortical control of neuroprosthetics; premotor information processing; oral motor control including jaw and tongue movements.
• Spinal and brainstem motor control: anatomy and physiology of spinal circuitry; locomotor mechanisms; motor central pattern generators; respiratory central pattern generators.
• Basal ganglia/subcortical systems motor control: anatomy, biophysics and neurophysiology of basal ganglia neurons and nuclei; subcortical substrates of sequential and learned movements; interactions of basal ganglia and cortical circuits.
• Integration and coordination of sensory and motor signals: invertebrate and vertebrate models of sensorimotor integration including neural mechanisms of active whisking, escape behaviors, proprioception; birdsong vocal motor control and learning.
• Spatial orientation, balance and postural control: vestibular systems anatomy, neurophysiology and behavior; oculomotor control, especially vestibulo-ocular reflex; vestibulo-spinal reflex; neural control and biomechanics of stance in human and animal models.

The study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Motor Function, Speech and Rehabilitation Study Section [MFSR] 
Central Visual Processing Study Section [CVP] 
Clinical Neuroplasticity and Neurotransmitters Study Section [CNNT] 
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Sciences Study Section [MRS] 
Somatosensory and Chemosensory Systems Study Section [SCS]