title: Mechanisms of voluntary movements.
abstract: Voluntary movements constitute a mixture of drive related, motivational deep brain mechanisms and cortical goal representations. Some recent studies led to a better understanding of these aspects of voluntary motor behaviour. These data are discussed with reference to the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. freund@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Hans-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Freund
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014836:Volition / Q000502:physiology*