KP161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Primary Motor Cortex, Multisensory Integration, Motor System
3 Feb 2016
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Perform processing essential to the coordination of movement. Primary motor cortex controls absolute force and speed of. Areas send projections to primary motor cortex and spinal cord: movements initiated internally, movements activated by external stimuli. Two separate pathways from the parietal cortex to the premotor areas control reaching and grasping: a lot about what we know about the motor system comes from reaching and grasping research. Involves multiple sensory inputs that tell the cns where the body is in space. Before you sit down on a chair, you turn on certain muscles to anticipate what will happen to you because of gravity. Disruption of normal brain function as a result of an external. May result in temporary or lasting cognitive and/or motor. Physical therapists: design programs to help restore motor function, strength, coordination, balance, endurance, and/or movement. Balance and cognitive deficits post concussion (not testable)
