Descending pathways in motor control

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue , 2008, Pages 195-218

  Lemon, Roger N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; Motoneuron; Reticulospinal; Spinal cord; Tract

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CELL ACTIVITY; EMOTION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 46149116992     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.31.060407.125547     Document Type: Review

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