Brain Mechanisms In Movement
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Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 551 |
Release | : 2003-10-30 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0080494080 |
Download Brain Mechanisms for the Integration of Posture and Movement Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Brain Mechanisms for the Integration of Posture and Movement
Author | : National Academy of Sciences |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309045290 |
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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 | : Edward V. Evarts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 9 |
Release | : 1973* |
Genre | : Neuromuscular transmission |
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Author | : Shigemi Mori |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 529 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Brain |
ISBN | : 9780444801043 |
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Author | : Sam A. Rosenfeld |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Brain |
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Download What the Brain Tells the Muscles Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This monograph presents the research of Dr. Edward V. Evarts and his colleagues in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Mental Health. The research is leading to a deeper understanding of the brain mechanisms responsible for the control and integration of motor functions. Potential application of the research findings to relief of movement disorders-for example, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's chorea-is evident. Although such application must await further research and development, the kind of research described in this monograph represents the slow but steady accretion of knowledge that someday in the future will lead to a so-called breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of crippling illnesses.
Author | : Ragnar Granit |
Publisher | : Mit Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780262570541 |
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In this book, Granit explains the physiology of vision perception as an input system and motor control as an output system, with the goal-oriented brain mediating between.
Author | : Alain Berthoz |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780674009806 |
Download The Brain's Sense of Movement Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This interpretation of perception and action allows Alain Berthoz to focus on psychological phenomena: proprioception and kinaesthesis; the mechanisms that maintain balance and co-ordination actions; and basic perceptual and memory processes involved in navigation.
Author | : M.D. Binder |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 499 |
Release | : 1999-12-17 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0080862489 |
Download Peripheral and Spinal Mechanisms in the Neural Control of Movement Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In the last decade, we have witnessed a striking maturation of our understanding of how neurons in the spinal cord control muscular activity and movement. Paradoxically, a host of new findings have revealed an unexpected versatility in the behavior of these well-studied neural elements and circuits. In this volume, the world's leading experts review the current state of our knowledge of motor control, outline their latest results and developments, and delineate the seminal unresolved questions in this vibrant field of research. The volume begins with a commentary and overview of our current understanding of the peripheral and spinal basis of motor control. The remainder of the volume is divided into seven sections, each focused on a different problem. The first chapter in each section provides some historical review and presages the experimental findings and hypotheses that are discussed in subsequent chapters.Topics include the biomechanics of neuromuscular systems, the properties of motoneurons and the muscle units they control, spinal interneurons, pattern generating circuits, locomotion, descending control of spinal circuits, comparative physiology of motor systems, and motor systems neurophysiology studied in man. The book serves as a unique reference volume and should be essential reading for anyone interested in motor systems. Moreover, the volume's comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics make it an effective textbook for graduate level courses in motor control neurobiology, kinesiology, physical therapy, and rehabilitation medicine.
Author | : Alain Berthoz |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2002-09-30 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0674971108 |
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The neuroscientist Alain Berthoz experimented on Russian astronauts in space to answer these questions: How does weightlessness affect motion? How are motion and three-dimensional space perceived? In this erudite and witty book, Berthoz describes how human beings on earth perceive and control bodily movement. Reviewing a wealth of research in neurophysiology and experimental psychology, he argues for a rethinking of the traditional separation between action and perception, and for the division of perception into five senses. In Berthoz’s view, perception and cognition are inherently predictive, functioning to allow us to anticipate the consequences of current or potential actions. The brain acts like a simulator that is constantly inventing models to project onto the changing world, models that are corrected by steady, minute feedback from the world. We move in the direction we are looking, anticipate the trajectory of a falling ball, recover when we stumble, and continually update our own physical position, all thanks to this sense of movement. This interpretation of perception and action allows Berthoz, in The Brain’s Sense of Movement, to focus on psychological phenomena largely ignored in standard texts: proprioception and kinaesthesis, the mechanisms that maintain balance and coordinate actions, and basic perceptual and memory processes involved in navigation.
Author | : Vincent Crapanzano |
Publisher | : New York ; Toronto : Wiley |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Religion |
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