Lecture 1

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What is SMA responsible for?
It is responsible for complex sequenced movements
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What does a premoter do?
Preparation for movement / external cues
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What does PPC do?
Integrates sensory and motor info
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Motivation?
Senses dictate movement needed - basal ganglia selects appropriate action
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Execution?
Spinal cord relaxes AMN (alpha) to move skeletal muscles in order to bring about movements
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Spinal system?
Frees up time for higher order by using AMN to control limbs
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UMN?
Any neutron above spinal cord in hierarchy (stroke/trauma)
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Symptoms of UMN?
Weakness, increased reflexes, muscle bone
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Dysfunction?
Occurs before one level of injury
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Complete?
No feelings under point
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Incomplete?
Little feeling
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Pouraplegia?
Sensation lost in lower body
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Basal ganglia?
damage causes motor defects
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Akinses?
Involuntary posture
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What does the death of dopaminergic neurones lead to?
Reduced motor cortex output
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Type of SCI, tetraplagia?
Varying degrees of paralysis
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What does a premoter do?

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What does PPC do?

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Motivation?

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Execution?

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