UID:
almahu_9948234124402882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 276 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511529788 (ebook)
Content:
Movement is arguably the most fundamental and important function of the nervous system. Purposive movement requires the coordination of actions within many areas of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, basal ganglia, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves and sensory receptors, which together must control a highly complex biomechanical apparatus made up of the skeleton and muscles. Beginning at the level of biomechanics and spinal reflexes and proceeding upward to brain structures in the cerebellum, brainstem and cerebral cortex, the chapters in this book highlight the important issues in movement control. Commentaries provide a balanced treatment of the articles that have been written by experts in a variety of areas concerned with movement, including behaviour, physiology, robotics, and mathematics.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Does the nervous system use equilibrium-point control to guide single and multiple joint movements? -- E. Bizzi, et. al. -- Does the nervous system depend on kinesthetic information to control natural limb movements? / S.C. Gandevia and D. Burke -- Can sense be made of spinal interneuron circuits? / D.A. McCrea -- Implications of neural networks for how we think about brain function / D.A. Robinson -- Do cortical and basal ganglionic motor areas use "motor programs" to control movement? / G.E. Alexander -- Functional heterogeneity with structural homogeneity: How does the cerebellum work? / J.R. Bloedel -- Are movement parameters recognizably coded in the activity of single neurons? / E.E. Fetz -- The representation of egocentric space in the osterior parietal cortex / J.F. Stein.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521452410
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511529788
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