Sensory receptors reside in virtually every part of the body. They are responsive to different stimuli and provide the brain and spinal cord with information about our internal environment and about the world around us.
Sensory receptors reside in virtually every part of the body. They are responsive to different stimuli and provide the brain and spinal cord with information about our internal environment and about the world around us. We are using a range of techniques to understand how the sensory system works, how it affects the motor output from the brain, and how it gives us an accurate "sensory"
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Butler Group Respiration is the most crucial action performed by human skeletal muscles. It requires coordinated activation of respiratory ‘pump’ muscles and upper airway dilator muscles all the time: when w |
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Fitzpatrick Group Many sensory systems provide the brain with the information it needs for orientation, maintain balance and to make successful movements of the limbs. |
Gandevia Group Sensory inputs are crucial to drive all the movements and postural adjustments that we make, whether this be for controlling the forces of the finger and thumb to hold a pen, standing and moving our a |
Lord Group Control of balance is vital to everyday life. Maintaining balance involves highly complex processing of peripheral sensory information and precise coordination of motor responses. |
Migliaccio Group The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) is important for maintaining visual stability during tasks that move the head rapidly and unpredictably, for example, as occurs during running or when driving on a bu |
