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Title Pathophysiology of the motor systems : principles and clinical presentations / edited by Christopher M. Fredericks, Lisa K. Saladin
Published Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, [1996]
©1996

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Description xxvii, 594 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Excitable cells: their morphology and physiology / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Skeletal muscle: the somatic effector / Christopher M. Fredericks -- The neuromuscular junction: the nerve/muscle interface / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Basic sensory mechanisms and the somatosensory system / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Motor control at the spinal cord level / Christopher M. Fredericks -- The brainstem and motor control / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Cortical motor systems / Robert J. Morecraft & Gary W. Van Hoesen -- Cerebellar mechanisms / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Basal ganglia and their connections / George E. Stelmach & James G. Phillips -- Theories of motor control / Patricia A. Burtner & Marjorie H. Woollacott -- Motor learning / Diane E. Nicholson -- Clinical presentations in disorders of motor function / Christopher M. Fredericks & Lisa K. Saladin -- Disorders of muscles: the myopathies / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Myasthenia gravis and other disorders of neuromuscular transmission / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Disorders of the peripheral nervous system: the peripheral neuropathies / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Disorders of anterior horn cells: the neuronopathies / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Disorders of the spinal cord / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Parkinson's disease and other involuntary movement disorders of the basal ganglia / James G. Phillips & George E. Stelmach -- Disorders of the cerebellum and its connections / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Traumatic brain injury / Lisa K. Saladin -- Cerebrovascular disease: stroke / Lisa K. Saladin -- Multiple sclerosis and other disorders of central nervous system myelin / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Adverse effects of immobilazation on the musculoskeletal system / Christopher M. Fredericks -- Adverse effects of immobilization on visceral function / Christopher M. Fredericks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Musculoskeletal system -- Pathophysiology.
Neuromuscular diseases -- Pathophysiology.
Musculoskeletal system -- Physiology.
Motor learning.
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena.
Musculoskeletal System -- pathology.
Neuromuscular Diseases -- physiopathology.
Brain Diseases -- physiopathology.
Motor Activity -- physiology.
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena.
Author Fredericks, Christopher M., 1944-
Saladin, Lisa K., 1962-
LC no. 95037900
ISBN 0803600933 hardcover