The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord
Title | The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord PDF eBook |
Author | E. Pierrot-Deseilligny |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord
Title | The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord PDF eBook |
Author | Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 631 |
Release | 2012-04-26 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1107375681 |
Studies of human movement have proliferated in recent years. This greatly expanded and thoroughly updated reference surveys the literature on the corticospinal control of spinal cord circuits in human subjects, showing how different circuits can be studied, their role in normal movement and how they malfunction in disease states. Chapters are highly illustrated and consistently organised, reviewing, for each pathway, the experimental background, methodology, organisation and control, role during motor tasks and changes in patients with CNS lesions. Each chapter concludes with a helpful résumé that can be used independently of the main text to provide practical guidance for clinical studies. The final four chapters bring together the changes in transmission in spinal and corticospinal pathways during movement and how they contribute to the desired movement. This book is essential reading for research workers and clinicians involved in the study, treatment and rehabilitation of movement disorders.
The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord
Title | The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 642 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Motor ability |
ISBN | 9780511125706 |
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.
The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord
Title | The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord PDF eBook |
Author | Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny |
Publisher | |
Pages | 666 |
Release | 2006-05-23 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0511124163 |
Surveys the control of human spinal cord circuits, in normal movement and in disease states.
The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord
Title | The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord PDF eBook |
Author | Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 676 |
Release | 2005-06-08 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9781139445641 |
Studies of human movement have proliferated in recent years, and there have been many studies of spinal pathways in humans, their role in movement, and their dysfunction in neurological disorders. This comprehensive reference surveys the literature related to the control of spinal cord circuits in human subjects, showing how they can be studied, their role in normal movement, and how they malfunction in disease states. Chapters are highly illustrated and consistently organised, reviewing, for each pathway, the experimental background, methodology, organisation and control, role during motor tasks, and changes in patients with CNS lesions. Each chapter concludes with a helpful resume that can be used independently of the main text to provide practical guidance for clinical studies. This will be essential reading for research workers and clinicians involved in the study, treatment and rehabilitation of movement disorders.
The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord
Title | The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord PDF eBook |
Author | Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny |
Publisher | |
Pages | 606 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Motor ability |
ISBN | 9781139379182 |
A comprehensive review of the corticospinal and spinal contributions to the control of movement in human subjects.
The Human Spinal Cord Circuitry
Title | The Human Spinal Cord Circuitry PDF eBook |
Author | Ursula Hofstötter |
Publisher | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783845401379 |
Electrical stimulation via electrodes implanted in close distance to the spinal cord generates various types of lower limb muscle activities in paralyzed people. Depending on the stimulation parameters, the activities range from simple reflexes involving a single synapse to stereotyped, rhythmic flexion-extension movements implying the activation of spinal pattern generators. Here, electrophysiological data were analyzed to describe the simplest rhythmicity that can be produced by the spinal cord, i.e. series of monosynaptic reflexes with alternating amplitudes and reciprocity between antagonistic muscles. It is further elaborated how these patterns evolve from non-patterned series of monosynaptic reflexes. Hypotheses on the underlying mechanisms are then tested by biologically realistic network models. The Leaky Integrate-and-Fire model was extended by realistic time courses of postsynaptic events and implemented as a non-linear recursive algorithm simulating spatially and temporally distributed neuronal effects. The significance of the work is the demonstration that simple rhythmic behaviors can be produced by networks involving interneurons outside the spinal pattern generators.