NEURAL BASIS OF NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL MOVEMENT

KINES 721

How the central nervous system organizes skilled human performance. Evolution of neuromuscular mechanisms, subserving skills, and the causes and limitations of movement at high speeds and high levels of force.

KINES 779

Multidisciplinary seminar on human muscle function in health and disease. The course is geared toward advanced undergraduate and graduate students in kinesiology, physical and occupational therapy, motor control and behavior, neurophysiology resident in neurology and other related allied health professionals.

NEURODPT 747

Overview of the basic science principles of sensory and motor systems in the central and peripheral nervous system, with clinicians providing complementary presentations on their relevant experiences in the clinic. Topics include Somatosensory pathways in spinal cord, brainstem and cerebrum, Motor neurons in spinal cord and brainstem and the descending systems that control them, Blood Supply of the CNS and affiliated vascular syndromes, Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia and associated pathways, Eye Movement control, Vestibular, Auditory, and Visual systems and organization of Cerebral Cortex.

PHYTHER 635

Application of motor control and motor learning principles to the examination, diagnosis, and management of people with movement disorders stemming from CNS pathology. Emphasis on neurological interventions across the lifespan.

KINES 531

Intermediate course on neuronal circuits and neurophysiological mechanisms involved in the control of human motor behavior. Including discussion of: 1) sensorimotor integration, 2) interactions between spinal, brainstem, and cerebral cortical levels of control, and 3) how motor control knowledge is created and evaluated.