Abstract
Physiological studies of the pathways from the brain and midbrain to the spinal cord have a very long history, from Sherrington and other key investigators around the turn of the nineteenth century. Much of this early knowledge has informed and provided a platform on which more recent understanding of the motor hierarchy is built.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Neuroscience in the 21st Century |
| Subtitle of host publication | From Basic to Clinical, Second Edition |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 1225-1237 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781493934744 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781493934737 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Keywords
- Ascending reticular activation system (ARAS)
- Brain stem lesions
- Corticospinal system
- Decerebrate rigidity
- Extrapyramidal systems
- Lateral vestibulospinal tract
- Medial vestibulospinal tract
- Nonpyramidal system
- Recticulospinal tract
- Red nucleus
- Rubrospinal tract
- Tectospinal tract
- Vestibulospinal fibers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Medicine
- General Neuroscience