Course # NSM632: Motor systems
Course Description
The objectives of this course are to create a comprehensive understanding of the clinical importance of human motor systems. The integration of sensory information provides a robust feedback system to the human motor system. The student will be exposed to both volitional and reflexogenic motor function in both health and disease. The relationship of lower motor neurons at the spinal cord and they are suprasegmental functional influences are central to the development of rehabilitation and treatment programs of motor pathology. The constellation of motor syndromes has diagnostic implications that demand a thorough knowledge of the neuromuscular system. The student will be a mastery of feedforward, efferent copy and feedback mechanisms involved in motor function. The motor system of humankind is complex, demanding a thorough understanding of the premotor areas of the brain as well as the primary and supplementary motor areas in concert with sensory processing regions.
Course Content
- Integration of environmental stimulation and the motor system
- Volitional motor activity and the brain
- Volitional motor activity and the cerebellum
- Volitional motor activity and the spinal cord
- Reflexogenic motor activity and the brain
- Reflexogenic motor activity and the cerebellum
- Reflexogenic motor activity and the spinal cord
- Functional influences and integration between the brainstem and spinal cord
- Motor control systems including the corticospinal system, cortical fugal system, and corticonuclear systems