Behavioral Neuroscience

  1. Motor Systems
    1. Principles of Motor Control
      1. Motor Units
        1. Alpha Motor Neurons
          1. Muscle Fiber Types
            1. Recruitment Patterns
            2. Motor Control Hierarchy
              1. Spinal Level
                1. Brainstem Level
                  1. Cortical Level
                  2. Motor Learning
                    1. Skill Acquisition
                      1. Practice Effects
                        1. Motor Adaptation
                      2. Spinal Motor Control
                        1. Spinal Reflexes
                          1. Stretch Reflex
                            1. Golgi Tendon Reflex
                              1. Flexor Reflex
                                1. Crossed Extension Reflex
                                2. Central Pattern Generators
                                  1. Locomotor Patterns
                                    1. Rhythmic Movements
                                      1. Modulation Mechanisms
                                      2. Spinal Interneurons
                                        1. Inhibitory Circuits
                                          1. Excitatory Circuits
                                            1. Pattern Generation
                                          2. Brainstem Motor Control
                                            1. Vestibular Motor Control
                                              1. Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
                                                1. Vestibulo-Spinal Reflexes
                                                  1. Balance Control
                                                  2. Reticular Formation
                                                    1. Postural Control
                                                      1. Locomotor Control
                                                        1. Muscle Tone Regulation
                                                        2. Superior Colliculus
                                                          1. Orienting Movements
                                                            1. Eye-Head Coordination
                                                              1. Spatial Motor Maps
                                                            2. Cortical Motor Areas
                                                              1. Primary Motor Cortex
                                                                1. Somatotopic Organization
                                                                  1. Corticospinal Tract
                                                                    1. Movement Parameters
                                                                    2. Premotor Cortex
                                                                      1. Movement Planning
                                                                        1. Sensory Guidance
                                                                          1. Motor Sequences
                                                                          2. Supplementary Motor Area
                                                                            1. Self-Initiated Movements
                                                                              1. Motor Sequences
                                                                                1. Bimanual Coordination
                                                                                2. Posterior Parietal Cortex
                                                                                  1. Visuomotor Transformations
                                                                                    1. Spatial Attention
                                                                                      1. Movement Intention
                                                                                    2. Basal Ganglia
                                                                                      1. Basal Ganglia Circuitry
                                                                                        1. Direct Pathway
                                                                                          1. Indirect Pathway
                                                                                            1. Hyperdirect Pathway
                                                                                            2. Striatal Function
                                                                                              1. Action Selection
                                                                                                1. Habit Formation
                                                                                                  1. Reward Processing
                                                                                                  2. Dopaminergic Modulation
                                                                                                    1. Substantia Nigra
                                                                                                      1. Ventral Tegmental Area
                                                                                                        1. Reward Prediction Error
                                                                                                        2. Movement Disorders
                                                                                                          1. Parkinson's Disease
                                                                                                            1. Huntington's Disease
                                                                                                              1. Dystonia
                                                                                                            2. Cerebellum
                                                                                                              1. Cerebellar Circuitry
                                                                                                                1. Mossy Fiber Input
                                                                                                                  1. Climbing Fiber Input
                                                                                                                    1. Purkinje Cell Output
                                                                                                                    2. Cerebellar Learning
                                                                                                                      1. Motor Learning
                                                                                                                        1. Error Correction
                                                                                                                          1. Adaptation
                                                                                                                          2. Functional Divisions
                                                                                                                            1. Vestibulocerebellum
                                                                                                                              1. Spinocerebellum
                                                                                                                                1. Cerebrocerebellum
                                                                                                                                2. Cerebellar Disorders
                                                                                                                                  1. Ataxia
                                                                                                                                    1. Dysmetria
                                                                                                                                      1. Intention Tremor
                                                                                                                                    2. Eye Movement Control
                                                                                                                                      1. Types of Eye Movements
                                                                                                                                        1. Saccades
                                                                                                                                          1. Smooth Pursuit
                                                                                                                                            1. Vergence
                                                                                                                                              1. Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
                                                                                                                                              2. Oculomotor System
                                                                                                                                                1. Extraocular Muscles
                                                                                                                                                  1. Oculomotor Nuclei
                                                                                                                                                    1. Control Circuits
                                                                                                                                                    2. Gaze Control
                                                                                                                                                      1. Superior Colliculus
                                                                                                                                                        1. Frontal Eye Fields
                                                                                                                                                          1. Parietal Eye Fields

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