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M11. The basis of motor control.

  1. Ragnar Granit: The basis of motor control: Integrating the activity of muscles, alpha and gamma motoneurons and their leading control systems. Academic Press, New York, 1970, 346 p. ©
           Front matter. Contents. Preface.
        I. Muscle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       II. The sensory innervation of muscles and tendons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      III. Physiological properties of passive muscle spindles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      IV. Muscle spindles activated by their own motor fibres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       V. The effects of muscle receptors on the motoneurons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      VI. The organized discharges of motoneurons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     VII. General features of spindle control of posture and movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    VIII. Intercostal muscles and diaphragm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      IX. The sensorimotor cortex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       X. Brain stem, spinal cord and cerebellum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      XI. Eye movements. Stepping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     XII. Concluding remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           References and author index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           Subject index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .