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General principles of motor control in biological systems. Structure and function of sensory receptors. Muscle structure and reflex arcs. Spinal cord. Locomotion. Oculomotor control. Cerebellar structure and function. Motor thalamus. Basal ganglia. Somatosensory cortex: maps and neuronal properties. Cortical plasticity. Motor psychophysics and computational approaches to motor control, and motor planning. General principles of motor control in biological systems. Structure and function of sensory receptors. Muscle structure and reflex arcs. Spinal cord. Locomotion. Oculomotor control. Cerebellar structure and function. Motor thalamus. Basal ganglia. Somatosensory cortex: maps and neuronal properties. Cortical plasticity. Motor psychophysics and computational approaches to motor control, and motor planning.

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locomotion | locomotion | motor control | motor control | biological systems | biological systems | Structure | Structure | function | function | Muscle structure | Muscle structure | reflex | reflex | Spinal cord | Spinal cord | Oculomotor control | Oculomotor control | Cerebellar structure | Cerebellar structure | Motor thalamus | Motor thalamus | Basal ganglia | Basal ganglia | Somatosensory cortex | Somatosensory cortex | Cortical plasticity | Cortical plasticity | Motor psychophysics | Motor psychophysics | motor planning | motor planning | Locomotion | Locomotion

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General principles of motor control in biological systems. Structure and function of sensory receptors. Muscle structure and reflex arcs. Spinal cord. Locomotion. Oculomotor control. Cerebellar structure and function. Motor thalamus. Basal ganglia. Somatosensory cortex: maps and neuronal properties. Cortical plasticity. Motor psychophysics and computational approaches to motor control, and motor planning.

Subjects

locomotion | motor control | biological systems | Structure | function | Muscle structure | reflex | Spinal cord | Oculomotor control | Cerebellar structure | Motor thalamus | Basal ganglia | Somatosensory cortex | Cortical plasticity | Motor psychophysics | motor planning | Locomotion

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