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Motor control

Motor control is the brain and nervous system’s coordination of muscles to produce purposeful, balanced, and appropriately timed movement.

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How babies gain muscle control

How babies gain muscle control

Muscle control is a neuromuscular achievement At birth, a baby has muscles, but the neural control of those muscles is immature. Muscle contraction depends on signals traveling from the brain and spinal cord through motor nerves to neuromuscular junctions, where nerves communicate with muscle fibers. In early life, these pathways are still being refined. The […]