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Return to Neuroscience, Sixth Edition Student Resources
Neuroscience 6e Chapter 17 Outline
Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord
Overview
Organization of Descending Motor Control
The Corticospinal and Corticobulbar Tracts
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
Patterns of Facial Weakness and Their Importance for Localizing Neurological Injury
Functional Organization of the Primary Motor Cortex
BOX 17A What Do Motor Maps Represent?
The Premotor Cortex
BOX 17B Minds and Machines
Motor Control Centers in the Brainstem: Upper Motor Neurons That Maintain Balance, Govern Posture, Initiate Locomotion, and Orient Gaze
BOX 17C The Reticular Formation
Damage to Descending Motor Pathways: The Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome
BOX 17D Muscle Tone
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