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Clinical Aspects of Sensory Motor Integration

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Albrecht Struppler

    1. Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München, München 80, Germany

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  2. Adolf Weindl

    1. Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München, München 80, Germany

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Part of the book series: Advances in Applied Neurological Sciences (NEUROLOGICAL, volume 4)

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Table of contents (38 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Somatosensory Activity Relevant for Motor Output

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Tactile Afferent Input Influencing Motor Coordination During Precision Grip

      • R. S. Johansson, G. Westling
      Pages 3-13

    3. Neurophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Proprioceptive Sensations

      • S. C. Gandevia
      Pages 14-24

    4. Noxious Cutaneous Input and the Tactile Exploratory Function of the Skin of the Hand

      • J. Gybels, H. Adriaensen, H. O. Handwerker, J. Van Hees
      Pages 25-33

    5. New Aspects of the Role of Articular Receptors in Motor Control

      • H.-G. Schaible, R. F. Schmidt, W. D. Willis
      Pages 34-45

  4. The Muscles and Their Neural Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Properties of Motoneurones and Motor Units in Relation to Problems of Sensorimotor Integration

      • D. Kernell
      Pages 65-74

    3. Activity of Motoneurons in Man under Stationary Conditions

      • R. Dengler, W. Wolf
      Pages 75-79

    4. Automatic Sorting and Analysis of Multiunit EMG Recordings

      • W. Wolf, R. Dengler
      Pages 80-85

    5. Functional Implications of Structure and Synaptology of Motor Neurons in Motor Neuron Disease

      • S. Conradi
      Pages 86-90

    6. Muscle Thixotropy and Its Effect on Spindle and Reflex Responses to Stretch

      • K.-E. Hagbarth, J. V. Hägglund, M. Nordin, E. U. Wallin
      Pages 91-97

    7. Cytochemical Reevaluation of Location and Translocation of Acetylcholinesterase in the Motor End-Plate

      • G. W. Kreutzberg, L. Tóth
      Pages 98-111

    8. Control of Transmitter Release at Cholinergic and Glutamatergic Nerve Terminals

      • J. Dudel
      Pages 112-118

    9. Neurotrophism — Another Approach

      • W. W. Hofmann
      Pages 119-134

    10. Persistent Depolarization of Muscle Fibers: A Common Cause of Weakness in Muscle Disorders

      • F. Lehmann-Horn, G. Küther
      Pages 135-140

  5. Convergence on the Final Common Path

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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About this book

The ability to use tools skillfully is generally regarded as one of the major achievements in the evolutionary development of the human nervous system. It is possible for controlled movements of muscles to be executed only if sensory information is integrated into complex neural circuits at various hierarchical levels. The chapters in this volume deal with basic and clinical aspects of integrative processing of sensory and motor activities. New findings emphasize the important influence of somatosensory activity such as tactile, proprioceptive, noxious cutaneous, and articular input on motor output. Furthermore, recordings of evoked potentials as well as unit recordings indicate that sensory and cortical activities are highly interrelated. Control of muscles by motoneurons is exerted both electrically and chemically. Disturbed muscle-motoneuron interaction is reflected in ultrastructural motoneuron morphology and may be of importance in the pathogenesis of motoneuron disease. Long loop reflex testing under various pathological conditions provides insight into disturbed sensory motor circuitry in humans. Electrophysiological recording as well as neurochemical and im­ munohistochemical studies elucidate the neural circuitry of basal ganglia and their neural connections, thus providing improved therapeutic concepts. The role of the thalamus and thalamocortical connections in sensory motor processing is of particular interest, because motor disturbances such as tremor or dystonia can be effectively relieved by stereotaxic interventions at the subthalamic or thalamic level.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München, München 80, Germany

    Albrecht Struppler, Adolf Weindl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Aspects of Sensory Motor Integration

  • Editors: Albrecht Struppler, Adolf Weindl

  • Series Title: Advances in Applied Neurological Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71540-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-71542-6Published: 17 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-71540-2Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0935-0195

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 353

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Neurology

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