Beschreibung:
Motor System Disorders: Normal Physiology and Function and Neuromuscular Disorders summarizes recent advances and best practice for understanding normal physiology and function of the larger motor system as well as the diagnosis, course, and treatment of neuromuscular disorders. The work will include neuroanatomy, circuits and synapses. It discusses how different parts of the brain contribute to motor control, including both vestibular and cerebellar motor control, as well as the influences of the parietal and frontal lobes. Diagnostic methods include genetic evaluation, electrodiagnosis, pathology, and brain imaging. Neuromuscular disorders of both children and adults will be included.
Section 1. Normal Physiology and Function 1. Skeletal muscle structure, physiology, and function 2. Upper and lower motor neuron neurophysiology and motor control 3. Vestibular motor control 4. Autonomic failure: Clinicopathologic, physiologic, and genetic aspects 5. Gait control by the frontal lobe 6. Parietal control of hand movement 7. Immunology and microbiome: Implications for motor systems 8. COVID-19 (novel SARS-CoV-2) neurological illness