Brain mechanisms for the integration of posture and movement
By: edited by Shigemi Mori, Douglas G. Stuart, Mario Wiesendanger ; technical editor Patricia A. Pierce.
Contributors: Mori, Shigemi.; Stuart, Douglas G.; Wiesendanger, Mario.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Progress in brain research -- v. 143.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 529
Subjects: Central nervous system -- Pathophysiology -- Congresses.; Muscular sense -- Congresses.; Sensorimotor integration -- Congresses.; Human locomotion -- Congresses.; Posture -- Congresses.; Brain -- Congresses.; Central Nervous System -- physiology -- Congresses.; Motor Neurons -- physiology -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section I. Perspectives; title: Section II. Spinal cord and brainstem: developmental and comparative issues; title: Section III. Spinal cord and brainstem: motoneurons, pattern generation and sensory feedback; title: Section IV. Spinal cord and brainstem: adaptive mechanisms; title: Section V. Biomechanical and imaging approaches in movement neuroscience; title: Section VI. Descending command issues; title: Section VII. Supraspinal sensorimotor interactions; title: Section VIII. Cerebellar interactions and control mechanisms; title: Section IX. Eye-head-neck coordination; title: Section X. Higher control mechanisms: basal ganglia, sensorimotor cortex and frontal lobe.