Neural Control of Skilled Human Movement - Studies in Physiology

This text focuses on skilled movements in humans, while drawing upon evidence obtained in other species. Attention is directed at movements of the hand and arm, with the production of speech sounds also being seen as an important example of skilled movement. Concise up-dates of current understanding of the roles of the main motor centres - cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum and spinal cord - in skilled movement and its clinical impairments, are provided by neuroscientists.;The "Studies in Physiology" series provides an introduction to developments in complex areas of physiology for a wide audience. Frontier thinking is presented in a form general enough for students beginning their study, yet detailed enough for those interested in a more specialized area.