Sensorimotor Control of Movement and Posture

Section I: Impulse Initiation and Central Transmission from Muscle and Skin.- 1. Signalling Properties of Muscle Spindles and Tendon Organs.- 2. Evidence for Activity-Dependent Modulation of Sensory-Terminal Excitability in Spindles by Glutamate Release from Synaptic-Like Vesicles.- 3. Electrophysiology of Corneal Cold Receptor Nerve Terminals.- 4. Discharge Properties of Group III and IV Muscle Afferents.- 5. Effects of Activity on Axonal Excitability: Implications for Motor Control Studies.- 6. Reflexes in the Hand: Strong Synaptic Coupling Between Single Tactile Afferents and Spinal Motoneurones.- 7. The Synaptic Linkage for Tactile and Kinaesthetic Inputs to the Dorsal Column Nuclei.- Section II: Proprioception in Limb Movements.- 8. Proprioception: Peripheral Inputs and Perceptual Interactions.- 9. Adaptation to Coriolis Force Perturbation of Movement Trajectory: Role of Proprioceptive and Cutaneous Somatosensory Feedback.- 10. Velocity Perception and Proprioception.- 11. The Effect of Muscle Contraction on Kinaesthesia.- 12. Proprioception and Joint Pathology.- Section III: Afferent Contributions to Balance and Posture.- 13. Consequences and Assessment of Human Vestibular Failure: Implications for Postural Control.- 14. The Role of Cutaneous Receptors in the Foot.- 15. What does Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Stimulate?.- 16. Sensory Interactions for Human Balance Control Revealed by Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation.- 17. Vestibulospinal Control of Posture.- 18. Sensory Contributions to the Control of Stance: A Posture Control Model.- Section IV: Motoneurones and Motor Units.- 19. Selectivity of the Central Control of Sensory Information in the Mammalian Spinal Cord.- 20. Some Unresolved Issues in Motor Unit Research.- 21. Presynaptic and Disynaptic Inhibition Induced by Group I Muscle Afferents.- 22. Things We Know and Do Not Know about Motoneurones.- 23. A New Way of Using Modelling to Estimate the Size of a Motoneuron’s EPSP.- 24. What Can Be Learned about Motoneurone Properties from Studying Firing Patterns?.- 25. Relative Strengths and Distributions of Different Sources of Synaptic Input to the Motoneurone Pool: Implications for Motor Unit Recruitment.- 26. Plateau Potentials and Their Role in Regulating Motoneuronal Firing.- 27. Mechanisms Causing Plateau Potentials in Spinal Motoneurones.- 28. Recent Evidence for Plateau Potentials in Human Motoneurones.- 29. Patterns of Pathological Firing in Human Motor Units.- Section V: Propriospinal Neurones and Spinal Reflexes.- 30. Reflections on Spinal Reflexes.- 31. Spinal Intemeurones: Re-evaluation and Controversy.- 32. Functional Properties of Primate Spinal Intemeurones during Voluntary Hand Movements.- 33. A Cervical Propriospinal System in Man.- 34. Premotoneuronal and Direct Corticomotoneuronal Control in the Cat and Macaque Monkey.- 35. Interspecies Comparisons for the C3-C4 Propriospinal System: Unresolved Issues.- 36. Central Nervous System Lesions and Segmental Activity.- 37. Reflex Mechanisms for Motor Impairment in Spinal Cord Injury.- Section VI: Locomotion.- 38. Give Proprioceptors a Chance.- 39. Role of the Fusimotor System in Locomotion.- 40. The Role of Proprioceptive Feedback in the Regulation and Adaptation of Locomotor Activity.- 41. Sensory Control of Locomotion: Reflexes versus Higher-Level Control.- 42. Reflex Excitation of Muscles during Human Walking.- 43. H Reflexes Recorded during Locomotion.- Section VII: Supraspinal Control of Movement.- 44. fMRI Studies of the Sensory and Motor Areas Involved in Movement.- 45. Dynamic Use of Tactile AfferentSignals in Control of Dexterous Manipulation.- 46. Motor Cortex and the Distributed Anatomy of Finger Movements.- 47. Reward-Based Planning of Motor Selection in the Rostral Cingulate Motor Area.- 48. Functional Differences in Corticospinal Projections from Macaque Primary Motor Cortex and Supplementary Motor Area.- 49. Corticospinal Transmission After Voluntary Contractions.- 50. Afferent and Cortical Control of Human Masticatory Muscles.- 51. Mechanisms for Acute Changes in Sensory Maps.- 52. Vision as Motivation: Interhemispheric Oscillation Alters Perception.- Section VIII: Mechanics and Movement.- 53. Musculoskeletal Mechanics: A Foundation of Motor Physiology.- 54. The Importance of Biomechanics.- 55. The Role of the Length-Tension Curve in the Control of Movement.- 56. Intramuscular Force Transmission.- 57. Muscle and Tendon Relations in Humans: Power Enhancement in Counter-Movement Exercise.- 58. Relationship Between Neural Drive and Mechanical Effect in the Respiratory System.