The circuitry of the human spinal cord : its role in motor control and movement disorders /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pierrot-Desseilligny, Emmanuel.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 642 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Spinal cord. Spinal cord -- Diseases. Motor ability. Movement disorders. Spinal Cord. Motor Activity. Movement Disorders. Spinal Cord Diseases. Motor ability. Movement disorders. Spinal cord. Spinal cord -- Diseases.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812411

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Other authors / contributors:	Burke, David C.
ISBN:	0511126301 9780511126307 0511125445 9780511125447 0511125704 9780511125706 9780521825818 0521825814 9780511545047 0511545045 0521825814
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Surveys the literature related to the control of spinal cord circuits in humans, their role in normal movement, and in disease states. Chapters are highly illustrated and consistently organised, and each concludes with a helpful resume. This will be essential reading for research workers and clinicians involved in movement disorders.
Other form:	Print version: Pierrot-Desseilligny, Emmanuel. Circuitry of the human spinal cord. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521825814
Standard no.:	9780521825818 9780511126307

Table of Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 General methodology; 2 Monosynaptic Ia excitation and post-activation depression; 3 Muscle spindles and fusimotor drive: microneurography and other techniques; 4 Recurrent inhibition; 5 Reciprocal Ia inhibition; 6 Ib pathways; 7 Group II pathways; 8 Presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals; 9 Cutaneomuscular, withdrawal and flexor reflex afferent responses; 10 Propriospinal relay for descending motor commands; 11 Involvement of spinal pathways in different motor tasks.

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