Moving from stroke to development : a deconstruction of skilled reaching in humans

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dc.contributor.authorForoud, Afra
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWhishaw, Ian Q.
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-24T19:49:02Z
dc.date.available2011-06-24T19:49:02Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.degree.levelPhD
dc.descriptionxiii, 254 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis is to describe the organization of the movements of skilled reaching. Our knowledge of reaching behaviour has been limited to an understanding of specific actions. Results from this thesis describe how reaching is the product of interactions of various parameters that assemble in an integrative way in ontogeny, yet can become dismantled on one level, or generally, throughout multiple levels of what constitutes the behaviour after stroke in adults. These findings demonstrate that skilled reaching constitutes motor parameters that may not be visible in a healthy adult, but that function through development, and by inhibitory systems in adults, to create a smooth and finely articulated action. An examination of the movement patterns of reaching within the full context of the behaviour can be applied to therapeutic strategies for motor disorders and, most importantly, deepen our understanding of the relations between reaching and cognition.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/1307
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscience, c2008en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectCerebrovascular diseaseen_US
dc.subjectCerebrovascular disease -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectCerebrovascular disease -- Treatmenten_US
dc.subjectMotor ability -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleMoving from stroke to development : a deconstruction of skilled reaching in humansen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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