The circuitry of the human spinal cord : its role in motor control and movement disorders
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny; D J Burke
- ناشر : Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780511125447
Description
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 General methodology; 2 Monosynaptic Ia excitation and post-activation depression; 3 Muscle spindles and fusimotor drive: microneurography and other techniques; 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 responses; 10 Propriospinal relay for descending motor commands; 11 Involvement of spinal pathways in different motor tasks.
Surveys the literature related to the control of spinal cord circuits in humans, their role in normal movement, and in disease states. Chapters are highly illustrated and consistently organised, and each concludes with a helpful resume. This will be essential reading for research workers and clinicians involved in movement disorders.
