Unit 3: Motor Systems

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Tutorial notes Motor Systems

Brain Section Images for visualizing pathways

This resource can alo be accessed through the page Learning Materials. It is repeated here because it is a wonderful tool for learning sensory pathways.  See for a short overview of the motor pathways the Summary of Pathways.  The Brain Section Images are created by a Community Teaching Assistant. In 2014, B.C. Jackson created the following learning tools for reviewing pathways during the first run of Medical Neuroscience:

Lower Motor Neuronal Control (LMNC)

Upper Motor Neuronal Control (UMNC)

Modulation of Movement (MoM) by the Basal Ganglia

Modulation of Movement (MoM) by the Cerebellum

Eye Movements

Corticospinal Corticobulbar Pathways

Visceral Motor System (VMS)

Micturition

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