Motor Neurobiology of the Spinal Cord

Timothy C. Cope is a professor of physiology and a member of the Neuroscience Program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lives with his wife, Meredith and children Russ, Audrey, and Cassie. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in physiology from Duke University in 1980. Following postdoctoral studies at the University of Washington and the University of California at Los Angeles from 1980–1983, he held faculty positions at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School and at Hahnemann University.

• Spinal Motoneurons: Synaptic Inputs and Receptor Organizations. 5-HT Receptors and the Neuromodulatory Control of Spinal Cord Function. Advances in Measuring Active Dendrite Currents in Spinal Motoneurons in vivo. Optical and Genetic Approaches Toward Understanding Spinal Circuits. Investigating the Synaptic Control of Human Motoneurons: New Techniques, Analyses, and Insights from Animal Models. The Use of Correlational Methods to Investigate the Organization of Spinal Networks for Pattern Generation. Sensory-Motor Experience During the Development of Motility in Chick Embryos. Transformation of Descending Commands into Muscle Activity by Spinal Interneurons in Behaving Primates. Muscle Afferent Feedback During Human Walking. Canine Motor Neuron Disease: A View from the Motor Unit. Structural Plasticity of Motoneuron Dendrites Caused by Axotomy. How Does Nerve Injury Strengthen La-Motoneuron Synapses? The Organization of Distributed Proprioceptive Feedback in the Chronic Spinal Cat.

"…an update on the recent advances of the biology of the motor spinal cord…The authors clearly meet their objectives…a very good book…well-written…3 stars."- Celso Agner, MSc, MD, Albany Medical Center, Doody's Notes