Corticospinal Function and Voluntary Movement

NOTE EDITORE

This is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the regions of the brain which control the performance of skilled voluntary movements, especially the accurate and precise control of the use of the fingers and the hand by monkeys and humans. The significance of recent and clinical observations concerning the details of the cortico-cortical connections which contribute to the determination of these functions is discussed.

SOMMARIO

1 - The background relationships between structure and function2 - Anatomical substrates for movement performance: Cerebral cortex and the corticospinal tract3 - Correlations between corticospinal connections and function4 - Corticospinal influences on the spinal cord machinery for movement5 - Output functions of the motor cortex6 - Inputs from peripheral receptors to motor cortex neurones7 - Motor functions of non-primary cortical motor areas8 - Dynamic nature of cortical organization9 - Synthesis: Corticospinal function and voluntary movement

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198523758
• Collana: Monographs of the Physiological Society
• Dimensioni: 233 x 26.0 x 155 mm Ø 787 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: halftones, line figures, tables
• Pagine Arabe: 446