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Corticospinal function and voluntary movement /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porter, Robert, 1932-
Other Authors: Lemon, Roger
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Series:Monographs of the Physiological Society ; no. 45.
Subjects:
Pyramidal tract.
Motor neurons.
Kinesiology.
Pyramidal Tracts > physiology
Motor Neurons > physiology
Kinetics
Pyramidal Tracts
Motor Neurons
Faisceaux pyramidaux.
Neurones moteurs.
Kinesiology
Motor neurons
Pyramidal tract
Piramidebaan.
Motoriek.
Humans > Movement
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 428 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-421) and index.
ISBN:9780191724404
0191724408
9780198523758
0198523750