This volume of Progress in Brain Research is dedicated to the scientific mentors
of Shigemi Mori: Bunichi Fujimori (1910-86), John Brookhart (1913-85), and
Victor Gurfinkel (1922-present). It describes the current state of knowledge on
the role of parallel and distributed neuronal systems in the integration of
posture and movement. The charge to the authors of the various chapters was
twofold: to provide a conceptual overview of the topic that could serve as a
balanced reference text for the next generation of movement neuroscientists;
and, to stimulate further experimental and theoretical work in the field. Key
issues are addressed in ten interrelated sections: perspectives on the overall
issues; three