1. General methodology -- 2. Monosynaptic Ia excitation, homosynaptic depression, and transcortical Ia excitation -- 3. Fusimotor mechanisms, muscle spindles and their role in the control of movement -- 4. Recurrent inhibition -- 5. Reciprocal Ia inhibition -- 6. Ib pathways -- 7. Group II pathways -- 8. Presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals -- 9. Cutaneomuscular, withdrawal and flexor reflex afferent ('FRA') responses -- 10. Propriospinal transmission of descending motor commands -- 11. Spinal and corticospinal pathways in different movements -- 12. Spinal and corticospinal pathways in stance and gait -- 13. Plasticity in spinal and corticospinal pathways -- 14. Contribution of spinal pathways to the pathophysiology of movement disorders; Index.
Summary
A comprehensive review of the corticospinal and spinal contributions to the control of movement in human subjects.