The circuitry of the human spinal cord [electronic resource] : spinal and corticospinal mechanisms of movement

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; THE CIRCUITRY OF THE HUMAN SPINAL CORD: SPINAL AND CORTICOSPINAL MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Organisation of Individual Chapters; Overall Organisation of the Book; Abbreviations; 1: General Methodology; H Reflex and Tendon Jerk; Initial Studies; Animal Studies; Human Studies; Underlying Principles; The Monosynaptic Reflex Arc; Orderly Recruitment of Motoneurones; Principles of the Monosynaptic Reflex Method; Basic Methodology; General Experimental Arrangement; Recording the H Reflex; Stimulation to Elicit the H Reflex.

H and M Recruitment CurveTendon Jerk; Random Alternation of Control and Conditioned Reflexes; Time Resolution of the Method; Recovery Cycle of the H Reflex; Threshold Tracking of the H Reflex; Mechanisms Acting on the Afferent Volley of the Reflex; Alterations in the Excitability of Ia Afferents; Presynaptic Inhibition of Ia Terminals; Homosynaptic Depression; Why Does the H Reflex Never Reach 100% of Mmax?; 'Pool Problems'; Non-linearity in the Input-Output Relation; Changes in the Recruitment Gain of the Motoneurone Pool; Plateau Potentials and Amplification of Synaptic Input.

Background from Animal ExperimentsPlateau-Like Behaviour in Humans; Conclusion: Consequences for the H Reflex; Quantitative Data; Clinical Value; Conclusions; The F wave; Underlying Principles; Antidromic Re-excitation of Motoneurones; Motoneurones Involved in the F Wave; Characteristics of the F wave; Can F Waves Be a Tool in Motor Control Studies?; Clinical Applications; Conclusions; Modulation of the On-Going EMG Activity; Underlying Principles and Methodology; Basic Methodology; Discrepant Changes in the On-Going EMG and in the H Reflex; Inhibition of the Motoneurone Pool.

Gating of the Afferent Volley of the H ReflexAdvantages, Limitations and Conclusions; Advantages; Investigations on Single Motor Units; Post-stimulus Time Histograms (PSTHs); Underlying Principles; Basic Methodology; Timing of the Changes in Firing Probability; Size and Significance of the Peaks and Troughs in the PSTH; Critique: Limitations, Advantages and Conclusions; Post-stimulus Time Frequencygrams (PSFs); Underlying Principles and Basic Methodology; Use in Humans; Conclusion; Unitary H Reflex; Underlying Principles and Basic Methodology.

Interpretation of Changes Produced by Conditioning StimuliConclusion; Stimulation of the Motor Cortex; Caveats in Interpreting Studies Using Transcranial Stimulation; Transcranial Stimulation by Single Pulses; Methodology; EMG Responses Evoked by Cortical Stimulation; Multiple Descending Volleys; Uses of Cortical Stimulation; Limitations; Conclusions; Paired-Pulse Stimulation of the Motor Cortex; Intrahemispheric Interactions within M1; Short Interval Intracortical Inhibition (SICI); Long Interval Intracortical Inhibition; Cortical Silent Period.

Short Interval Intracortical Facilitation (SICF).

A comprehensive review of the corticospinal and spinal contributions to the control of movement in human subjects.

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