The circuitry of the human spinal cord: spinal and corticospinal mechanisms of movement

• Main Authors: Pierrot-Deseilligny, Emmanuel (Author), Burke, D. J. 1944- David James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012
• Subjects: Spinal Cord > physiology; Neural Pathways > physiology; Spinal Cord Injuries > physiopathology; Somatosensory Cortex > physiology
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"Studies of human movement have proliferated in recent years. This greatly expanded and thoroughly updated reference surveys the literature on the corticospinal control of spinal cord circuits in human subjects, showing how different circuits can be studied, their role in normal movement and ho...

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• Machine generated contents note: Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. General methodology; 2. Monosynaptic Ia excitation, homosynaptic depression, and transcortical Ia excitation; 3. Fusimotor mechanisms, muscle spindles and their role in the control of movement; 4. Recurrent inhibition; 5. Reciprocal Ia inhibition; 6. Ib pathways; 7. Group II pathways; 8. Presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals; 9. Cutaneomuscular, withdrawal and flexor reflex afferent ('FRA') responses; 10. Propriospinal transmission of descending motor commands; 11. Spinal and corticospinal pathways in different movements; 12. Spinal and corticospinal pathways in stance and gait; 13. Plasticity in spinal and corticospinal pathways; 14. Contribution of spinal pathways to the pathophysiology of movement disorders; Index.