From Neuron to Action

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXII

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2. Motor

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Adaptations and Learning of Arm Movements

      • V. B. Brooks

      Pages 3-12

   3. Emergent Issues in the Control of Multi-joint Movements

      • E. Bizzi, F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi

      Pages 13-23

   4. Looking Where the Action Is: Negative DC Shifts as Indicators of Cortical Activity

      • L. Deecke, W. Lang, F. Uhl, I. Podreka

      Pages 25-41

   5. Negative DC Shifts of the Supplementary and Motor Area Preceding and Accompanying Simultaneous and Sequential Finger Movements

      • W. Lang, C. Koska, F. Uhl, G. Lindinger, L. Deecke

      Pages 43-47

   6. DC Potential Shifts and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Reveal Frontal Cortex Involvement in Human Visuomotor Learning

      • M. Lang, W. Lang, I. Podreka, L. Deecke

      Pages 49-51

   7. Event-Related Slow Potentials Recorded from Cortex and Depth of the Human Brain

      • J. A. Ganglberger

      Pages 53-57

   8. Cortical DC-Shifts Related to Sustained Sensory Stimulation and Motor Activity

      • M. Haider, E. Groll-Knapp, M. Trimmel

      Pages 59-64

   9. Coordination Between Posture and Movement in Parkinsonism and SMA Lesion

      • F. Viallet, J. Massion, R. Massarino, R. Khalil

      Pages 65-70

   10. Feedback Mechanisms Controlling Skeletal Muscle Tone

       • A. Struppler

       Pages 71-80

   11. Significance of Carbonic Anhydrase in the Function of Skeletal Muscle

       • P. Scheid, W. Siffert, K. Mückenhoff, B. Pelster, N. Clemens

       Pages 81-85

3. Oculomotor and Equilibrium

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Holding the Eye Still After a Saccade

      • D. A. Robinson, Z. Kapoula, H. P. Goldstein

      Pages 89-96

   3. Do the Pretectum and Accessory Optic System Play Different Roles in Optokinetic Nystagmus?

      • M. J. Mustari, A. F. Fuchs

      Pages 97-105

   4. Excitatory and Inhibitory Mechanisms Involved in the Dynamic Control of Posture During the Vestibulospinal Reflexes

      • O. Pompeiano

      Pages 107-123

   5. Motion Perception with Moving Eyes

      • T. Brandt, M. Dieterich, T. Probst

      Pages 125-131

   6. Does the System for Smooth-Pursuit Eye Movements Rely on a Neuronal Representation of Target Motion in Space?

      • P. Thier, W. Koehler, U. W. Buettner, J. Dichgans

      Pages 133-142

   7. Optokinetic and Smooth-Pursuit Response After Adaptive Modification of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex

      • G. D. Paige, J. M. Fredrickson

      Pages 143-146

   8. The Detection of Motion by the Vestibular System

      • V. Henn

      Pages 147-155

A rich source of information about human voluntary movement in health and disease can be found in this book. The most esteemed researchers in their respective fields bring you up-to-date articles. Their collected work combines fundamental research in the life sciences with clinical neuroscience in a unique overview. The interdisciplinary aspects of motor physiology uncover a wealth of information for researchers from neighboring disciplines. For example, oculomotor research, vestibular research, equilibrium, sensory research and cognition, evolution, synaptic and elementary processes and the neurological sciences can be discovered.

• Parkinson
• cognition
• cortex
• dementia
• electroencephalography (EEG)
• multiple sclerosis
• muscle
• neurology
• neuroscience
• neurosurgery
• perception
• pharmacology
• physiology
• psychiatry
• research

• Neurological University Clinic Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  Lüder Deecke

• Ca’ a la Gra’, Contra (Locarno) TI, Switzerland

  John C. Eccles

• Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

  Vernon B. Mountcastle

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