The Head-Neck Sensory Motor System
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 16 April 1992
- ISBN 9780195068207
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages784 pages
- Size 248x287x50 mm
- Weight 2605 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 602 illus. 0
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Long description:
The head carries most of the sensory systems that enable us to function effectively in our three-dimensional habitat. Without adequate head movement control, efficient spatial orientation and motor responses to visual and auditory stimuli could not be carried out. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the control of vertebrate head movements and its biomechanical and neural basis. It covers the entire spectrum of research on head-neck movements, ranging from the global description and analysis of a particular behavior to its underlying mechanisms at the level of neurotransmitter release and membrane biophysics. Physiological and anatomical aspects are stressed. The role of head movements in upright stance and other functional contexts within the vertebrate hierarchy is juxtaposed with the mechanisms of orienting behavior in a number of invertebrates. This reveals a plethora of solutions among different animal species for the problem of orientation in three-dimensional space. Although head movement control in humans figures prominently in this volume, the anatomical-physiological comparisons show that the human system is not unique. The conference from which this volume originated surveyed current research and theory on motor control mechanisms in the head-neck sensory-motor system. It was held in Fontainbleau, France on July 17-24, 1989. The book provides a broad panorama of methodological and theoretical approaches to the field of head movement control.
This impressive volume begins with the anthropology and evolution of the head-neck system. An essential text for all engaged in this area of research.
Table of Contents:
PART I: Preface and Historical Context
PART II: The Head-Neck System from an Anthropologist's Viewpoint
PART III: Evolution of the Head-Neck Movement System
PART IV: Comparative Aspects of the Head Neck Movement System
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
PART V: Embryology and Ontogeny of the Head-Neck Movement System
PART VI: Architecture of the Head-Neck Movement System
Bones and Muscles
Models and Theories
PART VII:Sensors of the Head-Neck Movement System
PART VIII: Neuronal Mechanisms of the Sensory Motor Transformations in the Head-Neck Movement System
Spinal Mechanisms
Vestibular Neuronss
Collicular and Reticular Neurons
The Interstitial Nucleus of Cajal and Beyond
PART IX: Synergis and Strategies of Head Movements and Gaze Control
Head Movement Control
Orienting and Stabilizing Eye and Head Movements
Timing and Prediction
Linear Movement Analysis
Perception
Eye-Head Coordination and Reflex Behavior
PART X: Head Movement During Posture, Locomotion and Complex Movements
PART XI: Disorders of the Head-Neck System
Vestibular Disorders
Neurological Disorders
