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| Author | : Barry W. Peterson |
| Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Head |
| ISBN | : 9780195044997 |
With contributors from various scientific disciplines, this volume surveys key topics in the study of head motor control, stressing the structure and function of neck muscles and neural pathways. It covers psychophysical and clinical aspects of head movement, compensatory control of head position, and strategies for volitional and orienting behaviors. The book presents a comprehensive view of head movement as a unique and complex motor system.
| Author | : National Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 195 |
| Release | : 1992-01-01 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0309045290 |
The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."
| Author | : Hubert Misslisch |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Paul Cordo |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1994-05-27 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780521456074 |
Movement is arguably the most fundamental and important function of the nervous system. Purposive movement requires the coordination of actions within many areas of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, basal ganglia, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves and sensory receptors, which together must control a highly complex biomechanical apparatus made up of the skeleton and muscles. Beginning at the level of biomechanics and spinal reflexes and proceeding upward to brain structures in the cerebellum, brainstem and cerebral cortex, the chapters in this book highlight the important issues in movement control. Commentaries provide a balanced treatment of the articles that have been written by experts in a variety of areas concerned with movement, including behaviour, physiology, robotics, and mathematics.
| Author | : Jack M. Winters |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 690 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1461221048 |
Most routine motor tasks are complex, involving load transmission through out the body, intricate balance, and eye-head-shoulder-hand-torso-leg coor dination. The quest toward understanding how we perform such tasks with skill and grace, often in the presence of unpredictable perturbations, has a long history. This book arose from the Ninth Engineering Foundation Con ference on Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement, held in Deer Creek, Ohio, in June 1996. This unique conference, which has met every 2 to 4 years since the late 1960s, is well known for its informal format that promotes high-level, up-to-date discussions on the key issues in the field. The intent is to capture the high quality ofthe knowledge and discourse that is an integral part of this conference series. The book is organized into ten sections. Section I provides a brief intro duction to the terminology and conceptual foundations of the field of move ment science; it is intended primarily for students. All but two of the re maining nine sections share a common format: (l) a designated section editor; (2) an introductory didactic chapter, solicited from recognized lead ers; and (3) three to six state-of-the-art perspective chapters. Some per spective chapters are followed by commentaries by selected experts that provide balance and insight. Section VI is the largest section, and it con sists of nine perspective chapters without commentaries.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 851 |
| Release | : 2011-09-22 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 008086175X |
Reflex Control of Posture and Movement
| Author | : Abbey McGrew |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
"In primates, the head neck system can be thought of as a large mass that is located distally from the trunk atop the flexible cervical spinal column. This most basic mechanical relationship of the head and the body affords us with the ability to change the head's position with respect to the body with many degrees of freedom. This ability, however, has its drawbacks. When the whole body is moved, the head/neck system can function like that of an inverted pendulum. Consequently, if uncontrolled the mass of the head could result in undesirable and involuntary movement relative to the trunk. Such, head movements could unintentionally change its orientation in space compromising our ability to utilize sensory signals for spatial localization (vision and hearing). They also have the potential to be injurious to the spinal column. The central nervous system is thought to employ several reflexes that contribute to the overall stability of the head/neck system. Both the anatomy and fundamental physiology of these pathways are well known, yet remarkably little is known about how they function when the body is translated in space. The goal of this dissertation was investigate the role that vestibular sensory information plays in controlling the head when the body is translated in space. Specifically, we asked: How does the brain use vestibular information to control the forces on the head that occur during whole body translation? This dissertation takes an approach to answer this question; beginning at the level of overall behavior, moving up to muscle activation with underlies that behavior, and finally the central nervous system mechanisms that could activate musculature in more natural circumstances. Our results show that the central nervous system does indeed actively control of the head during whole body translation and serves to reduce forces on the head which could in turn reduce the size of head movements and protect the neck from injury. These results are profoundly different from the behavior of the CNS during whole body rotation and represent a significant difference in postural control of the head during translation"--Page v.
| Author | : A. Berthoz |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 798 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Afferent pathways |
| ISBN | : 9780195068207 |
This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the control of vertebrate head movements and its biomechanical and neural basis. It covers the entire spectrum of research on head-neck movements, ranging from the global description and analysis of a particular behavior to its underlying mechanisms at the level of neurotransmitter release and membrane biophysics.
| Author | : Frederic Danion, PhD |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 536 |
| Release | : 2010-12-16 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0190453230 |
Motor control has established itself as an area of scientific research characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach. Scientists working in the area of control of voluntary movements come from different backgrounds including but not limited to physiology, physics, psychology, mathematics, neurology, physical therapy, computer science, robotics, and engineering. One of the factors slowing progress in the area has been the lack of communication among researchers representing all these disciplines. A major objective of the current book is to overcome this deficiency and to promote cooperation and mutual understanding among researchers addressing different aspects of the complex phenomenon of motor coordination. The book offers a collection of chapters written by the most prominent researchers in the field. Despite the variety of approaches and methods, all the chapters are united by a common goal: To understand how the central nervous system controls and coordinates natural voluntary movements. This book will be appreciated as a major reference by researchers working in all the subfields that form motor control. It can also be used as a supplementary reading book for graduate courses in such fields as kinesiology, physiology, biomechanics, psychology, robotics, and movement disorders. In one concise volume, Motor Control presents the diversity of the research performed to understand human movement. Deftly organized into 6 primary sections, the editors, Dr Frédéric Danion and Dr Mark Latash, have invited the who's who of specialists to write on: MotorControl: Control of a Complex; Cortical Mechanisms of Motor Control; Lessons from Biomechanics; Lessons from Motor Learning and Using Tools; Lessons from Studies of Aging and MotorDisorders; and Lessons from Robotics Motor Control will quickly become the go-to reference for researchers in this growing field. Researchers from mechanics and engineering to psychology and neurophysiology, as well as clinicians working in motor disorders and rehabilitation, will be equally interested in the pages contained herein.
| Author | : Blake Hannaford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 476 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
