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THE OCULOMOTOR AND SKELETALMOTOR SYSTEMS.
Front Cover; The Oculomotor and Skeletalmotor Systems: Differences and Similarities; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents; Special Introduction; Chapter 1. Learning in the motor system; Section I: Final Common Pathway; Chapter 2. Organization and properties of spinal motoneurones and motor units; Chapter 3. Extraocular motoneuron behavior in synergistic action; Chapter 4. Transmitter-controlled properties of a-motoneurones causing long-lasting motor discharge to brief excitory inputs; Chapter 5. Discussion; Section II: Sensory Information Used by the Motor System
Chapter 6. What are the afferents of origin of the human stretch reflex, and is it a purely spinal reaction?Chapter 7. Experimental evidence for the existence of a proprioceptive transcortical loop; Chapter 8. Visual inputs relevant for the optokinetic nystagmus in mammals; Chapter 9. Discussion; Section III: Neuroanatomical Substrates of Premotor Centres; Chapter 10. Anatomy of premotor centers in the reticular formation controlling oculomotor, skeletomotor and autonomic motor systems; Chapter 11. The organization of thalamic inputs to the ""premotor"" areas; Chapter 12. Discussion
Section IV: A -- Specialized Areas in Motor Control: SupratentorialChapter 13. Movement-related activity in the premotor cortex of rhesus macaques; Chapter 14. Activity of forelimb motor units and corticomotoneuronal cells during ramp-and- hold torque responses: comparisons with oculomotor cells; Chapter 15. The role of the arcuate frontal eye fields in the generation of saccadic eye movements; Chapter 16. Express saccades in man and monkey; Chapter 17. The contribution of basal ganglia to limb control; Chapter 18. Role of the basal ganglia in the initiation of saccadic eye movements
Chapter 19. Role of the central thalamus in gaze controlChapter 20. Discussion; Section IV: B -- Specialized Areas in Motor Control: lnfratentorial; Chapter 21. A comparison of disorders in saccades and in fast and accurate elbow flexions during cerebellar dysfunction; Chapter 22. Cerebellar relation to muscle spindles in hand tracking; Chapter 23. Cerebellar control of eye movements; Chapter 24. The functional organization of the primate superior colliculus: A motor perspective; Chapter 25. Horizontal saccades and the central mesencephalic reticular formation
Chapter 26. Brainstem neurons are peculiar for oculomotor organizationChapter 27. Spinal programs for locomotion; Chapter 28. Discussion; Section V: Functional Organisation of Movements; Chapter 29. Time control of hand movements; Chapter 30. Reflex control of hand muscles; Chapter 31. Pathophysiology of rapid eye movement generation in the primate; Chapter 32. Smooth pursuit eye movements; Chapter 33. Neuronal mechanisms underlying eye-head coordination; Chapter 34. Regulation of multi-joint arm posture and movement; Chapter 35. Are corrections in accurate arm movements corrective?
edited by H.-J. Freund, U. Büttner, B. Cohen, and J. Noth.
Based on symposium held at Schloss Hugenpoet on Oct. 15-18, 1984.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier ; New York, NY, USA : Sole distributor for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1986