BIO A4510 Movement and Muscle: The Neuroscience of Motor Control

The function and organization of motor systems. Topics include biomechanics, muscle organization and physiology, the neural activation of muscle, spinal and brainstem reflexes, locomotion, the control of arm and eye movements, motor planning, and motor learning. Not open to students who have taken BIO 40000 or BIO 31311.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BIO 35400 or BIO 20700 or permission of instructor.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.