Sensorimotor Control of Movement and Posture

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Signalling Properties of Muscle Spindles and Tendon Organs....Pages 5-12
Evidence for Activity-Dependent Modulation of Sensory-Terminal Excitability in Spindles by Glutamate Release From Synaptic-Like Vesicles....Pages 13-18
Electrophysiology of Corneal Cold Receptor Nerve Terminals....Pages 19-23
Discharge Properties of Group III and IV Muscle Afferents....Pages 25-32
Effects of Activity on Axonal Excitability: Implications for Motor Control Studies....Pages 33-37
Reflexes in the Hand: Strong Synaptic Coupling Between Single Tactile Afferents and Spinal Motoneurones....Pages 39-45
The Synaptic Linkage for Tactile and Kinaesthetic Inputs to the Dorsal Column Nuclei....Pages 47-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-59
Proprioception: Peripheral Inputs and Perceptual Interactions....Pages 61-68
Adaptation to Coriolis Force Perturbation of Movement Trajectory....Pages 69-78
Velocity Perception and Proprioception....Pages 79-86
The Effect of Muscle Contraction on Kinaesthesia....Pages 87-94
Proprioception and Joint Pathology....Pages 95-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-104
Consequences and Assessment of Human Vestibular Failure....Pages 105-110
The Role of Cutaneous Receptors in the Foot....Pages 111-117
What Does Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Stimulate?....Pages 119-128
Sensory Interactions for Human Balance Control Revealed by Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation....Pages 129-137
Vestibulospinal Control of Posture....Pages 139-145
Sensory Contributions to the Control of Stance....Pages 147-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-155
Selectivity of the Central Control of Sensory Information in the Mammalian Spinal Cord....Pages 157-170
Some Unresolved Issues in Motor Unit Research....Pages 171-178
Front Matter....Pages 153-155
Presynaptic and Disynaptic Inhibition Induced by Group I Muscle Afferents....Pages 179-185
Things We Know and Do Not Know About Motoneurones....Pages 187-192
A New Way of Using Modelling to Estimate the Size of a Motoneurone’s EPSP....Pages 193-197
What Can Be Learned About Motoneurone Properties from Studying Firing Patterns?....Pages 199-205
Relative Strengths and Distributions of Different Sources of Synaptic Input to the Motoneurone Pool....Pages 207-212
Plateau Potentials and Their Role in Regulating Motoneuronal Firing....Pages 213-218
Mechanisms Causing Plateau Potentials in Spinal Motoneurones....Pages 219-226
Recent Evidence for Plateau Potentials in Human Motoneurones....Pages 227-235
Patterns of Pathological Firing in Human Motor Units....Pages 237-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-247
Reflections on Spinal Reflexes....Pages 249-257
Spinal Interneurones....Pages 259-263
Functional Properties of Primate Spinal Interneurones During Voluntary Hand Movements....Pages 265-271
A Cervical Propriospinal System in Man....Pages 273-279
Premotoneuronal and Direct Corticomotoneuronal Control in the Cat and Macaque Monkey....Pages 281-297
Interspecies Comparisons for the C3-C4 Propriospinal System: Unresolved Issues....Pages 299-308
Central Nervous System Lesions and Segmental Activity....Pages 309-313
Reflex Mechanisms for Motor Impairment in Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 315-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-326
Give Proprioceptors a Chance....Pages 327-334
Role of the Fusimotor System in Locomotion....Pages 335-342
The Role of Proprioceptive Feedback in the Regulation and Adaptation of Locomotor Activity....Pages 343-355
Front Matter....Pages 325-326
Sensory Control of Locomotion: Reflexes Versus Higher-Level Control....Pages 357-367
Reflex Excitation of Muscles During Human Walking....Pages 369-375
H Reflexes Recorded During Locomotion....Pages 377-383
Front Matter....Pages 385-387
fMRI Studies of the Sensory and Motor Areas Involved in Movement....Pages 389-395
Dynamic Use of Tactile Afferent Signals in Control of Dexterous Manipulation....Pages 397-410
Motor Cortex and the Distributed Anatomy of Finger Movements....Pages 411-416
Reward-Based Planning of Motor Selection in the Rostral Cingulate Motor Area....Pages 417-423
Functional Differences in Corticospinal Projections from Macaque Primary Motor Cortex and Supplementary Motor Area....Pages 425-434
Corticospinal Transmission After Voluntary Contractions....Pages 435-441
Afferent and Cortical Control of Human Masticatory Muscles....Pages 443-449
Mechanisms for Acute Changes in Sensory Maps....Pages 451-460
Vision as Motivation: Interhemispheric Oscillation Alters Perception....Pages 461-469
Front Matter....Pages 471-472
Musculoskeletal Mechanics: A Foundation of Motor Physiology....Pages 473-479
The Importance of Biomechanics....Pages 481-487
The Role of the Length-Tension Curve in the Control of Movement....Pages 489-494
Intramuscular Force Transmission....Pages 495-499
Muscle and Tendon Relations in Humans....Pages 501-505
Relationship Between Neural Drive and Mechanical Effect in the Respiratory System....Pages 507-514
Back Matter....Pages 515-518