TERMINATION OF UPPER LIMB MOVEMENT BY CUTANEOUS AFFERENTS

A. D'Aponte; G. Attisani; P. Scotto

TERMINATION OF UPPER LIMB MOVEMENT BY CUTANEOUS AFFERENTS

1999

A. D'Aponte | G. Attisani | P. Scotto

Descending cortical· signals commanding target-reaching movements guided by visual inputs impinge on spinal neurons located between C2 and C4 level ( 1, 2). These neurons project to motoneurones of all muscles at the shoulder, elbow and wrist, and receive inhibition and excitation from cutaneous and muscle afferents in the moving limb (3). [...]

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