Perspectives of motor behavior and its neural basis

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Perspectives of motor behavior and its neural basis

editors, M.-C. Hepp-Reymond, G. Marini

Karger, c1997

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This publication provides the reader with a better understanding of some basic principles of motor behavior and gives an update on modern approaches of human motor control. It contains abundant information on the current trends and illustrates the progress from laboratory findings to the investigation of more natural movements as well as of the cognitive aspects of motor behavior. As an additional benefit for the reader, the collected data is put in a historical perspective. Basic and clinical neuroscientists, rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapists and in particular students in system neuroscience, robotics and bioengineering will find this book a noteworthy contribution to the field.

Table of Contents

  • The pyramidal tract - past, present and perspective - an introduction to the symposium in honour of Mario Wiesendanger, M.-C. Hepp-Raymond
  • grasping objects - the hand as a pattern recognition device, M. Jeannerod
  • effect of inactivation of the hand representation of the primary and supplementary motor cortical areas on precision grip performance in monkeys, E.M. Rouiller et al
  • balance control during movement - why and how?, J. Massion
  • quantitative analysis of complex movements, A. Pedotti
  • locomotor training in paraplegic patients, V. Dietz
  • motor phenomena during sleep, G. Marini
  • slow cortical potentials developing prior to a self-paced voluntary movement and in a forewarned reaction time task - a study in epileptic patients with implanted electrodes, P. Buser et al
  • transcranial brain stimulation for studying the human motor system, C.W. Hess et al
  • paths of discovery in human motor control - a short historical perspective, M. Wiesendanger.

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