Afferent Control of Posture and Locomotion

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Published on 28. February 1990

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Front Cover
Afferent Control of Posture and Locomotion
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
In Memoriam - Ian Alexander Boyd (23.5.27-14.9.87)
Acknowledgements
Section I: Control and Actions of Proprioceptive Feedback
Overview and critique of Chapters 1 - 5
Chapter 1. Fusimotor mechanisms determining the afferent output of muscle spindles
Chapter 2. Segmental influence of slowly-adapting cutaneous mechanoreceptors on ? motoneurones revealed by cross-correlation of unit discharges in the cat
Chapter 3. Central mechanisms and selective fusimotor control
Chapter 4. Discharge patterns of ? motoneurone populations of extensor and flexor hindlimb muscles during walking in the thalamic cat
Chapter 5. Physiological properties of tandem muscle spindles in neck and hind-limb muscles
Overview and critique of Chapters 6 - 10
Chapter 6. Ensemble proprioceptive activity in the cat step cycle: towards a representative look-up chart
Chapter 7. Roles of muscle activity and load on the relationship between muscle spindle length and whole muscle length in the freely walking cat
Chapter 8. Flexible fusimotor control of muscle spindle feedback during a variety of natural movements
Chapter 9. Analysis of human long-latency reflexes by cooling the peripheral conduction pathway: which afferents are involved?
Chapter 10. Eye, head and skeletal muscle spindle feedback in the elaboration of body references
Section II: Control and Actions of Vestibular and Visual Inputs
Overview and critique of Chapters 11 - 14
Chapter 11. Mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells of the bullfrog's sacculus
Chapter 12. Comparison of the branching patterns of lateral and medial vestibulospinal tract axons in the cervical spinal cord
Chapter 13. Afferents and efferents of the vestibular nuclei: the necessity of context-specific interpretation
Chapter 14. How visual inputs to the ponto-bulbar reticular formation are used in the synthesis of premotor signals during orienting
Overview and critique of Chapters 15 - 17
Chapter 15. Control of the optokinetic reflex by the nucleus of the optic tract in primates
Chapter 16. Open-loop and closed-loop optokinetic nystagmus in Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) and in man
Chapter 17. The vestibulo-ocular reflex: an outdated concept?
Overview and critique of Chapters 18 and 19
Chapter 18. Representations of ocular rotations in the cerebellar flocculus of the rabbit
Chapter 19. Oculomotor functions of the flocculus and the vestibular nuclei after bilateral vestibular neurectomy
Section III: Spinal Integration
Overview and critique of Chapters 20 and 21
Chapter 20. A framework for the analysis of neuronal networks
Chapter 21. Possible functions of transmitter-controlled plateau potentials in a motoneurones
Overview and critique of Chapters 22 and 23: Recurrent inhibition - in search of a function
Chapter 22. Distribution of recurrent inhibition in the cat forelimb
Chapter 23. Do Renshaw cells tell spinal neurones how to interpret muscle spindle signals?
Overview and critique of Chapters 24 and 25
Chapter 24. A neuronal system of movement control via muscle spindle secondaries
Chapter 25. Peripheral and descending control of neurones mediating non-monosynaptic Ia excitation to motoneurones: a presumed propriospinal system in man
Overview and critique of Chapters 26 and 27. Parameter adaptation in the spinal cord?
Chapter 26. Mechanisms underlying the serotonergic modulation of the spinal circuitry for locomotion in lamprey
Chapter 27. Relationship of noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurones to vestibulospinal reflexes
Section IV: Interaction of Visual, Vestibular and Proprioceptive Inputs
Overview and critique of Chapters 28 and 29
Chapter 28. Neck muscle activity in eye-head coordinated movements
Chapter 29. Comparison of neck muscle activation patterns during head stabilization and voluntary movements
Overview and critique of Chapters 30 and 31
Chapter 30. Head kinematic during various motor tasks in humans
Chapter 31. Functional coupling of the stabilizing gaze reflexes during vertical linear motion in the alert cat
Overview and critique of Chapters 32 - 34
Chapter 32. The role of stretch and vestibulo-spinal reflexes in the generation of human equilibriating reactions
Chapter 33. Organization of posture controls: an analysis of sensory and mechanical constraints
Chapter 34. Significance of proprioceptive mechanisms in the regulation of stance
Section V: Higher Order Control of Posture and Locomotion
Overview and critique of Chapters 35 - 37: Inferring functional roles of cortical neurones from their activity during movement
Chapter 35. What is the role of the supplementary motor area in movement initiation?
Chapter 36. Control of forelimb muscle activity by populations of corticomotoneuronal and rubromotoneuronal cells
Chapter 37. Sensorimotor cortical control of isometric force in the monkey
Overview and critique of Chapters 38 and 39
Chapter 38. Interruption of motor programmes by electrical or magnetic brain stimulation in man
Chapter 39. Somatosensory input to dopamine neurones of the monkey midbrain: responses to pain pinch under anaesthesia and to active touch in behavioural context
Overview and critique of Chapters 40 and 41
Chapter 40. Disturbances of motor preparation in basal ganglia and cerebellar disorders
Chapter 41. Control mechanisms for restoring posture and movements in paraplegics
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