MOTOR BEHAVIOUR AND NERVOUS SYSTEM

 

1. Introduction : Nervous system and behaviour   

                1.1. Species behaviours

                1.2. Individual behaviours

                1.3. The CNS: an organized and organizing structure

 

2. Links between CNS & motor behaviour

                 2.1. The spinal cord and reflexes

                            r?lexive circuits / myotatic reflexe 

    polysynaptic reflexes

     2.2. Brainstem and primary motor programs

                The midbrain locomotor nuclei 

                Reactional postural adjustments 

                Primary gaze orientational mechanisms

     2.3. Cerebellum, Basal ganglia and automatized movements

                Automatized motor skills

                Basal ganglia and procedural knowledge

     2.4. Cortex and voluntary movements

                The cortical role in motor learning

                Strategic and decisional control of action

3. Conclusion : Categories of motor skills and CNS involvement

                3.1. Closed skills

                3.2. Open skills