Central pattern generators are neuronal circuits that when activated can produce rhythmic
motor patterns such as walking, breathing, flying, and swimming in the absence of sensory …

Genes are understandably crucial to physiology, morphology and biochemistry, but the idea
of genes contributing to individual differences in behaviour once seemed outrageous …

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a lethal human disease characterized by motor neuron
dysfunction and muscle deterioration due to depletion of the ubiquitous survival motor …

Expression of multiple reporter or effector transgenes in the same cell from a single construct
is increasingly necessary in various experimental paradigms. The discovery of short, virus …

Background: Molecular and electrophysiological properties of NMDARs suggest that they
may be the Hebbian" coincidence detectors" hypothesized to underlie associative learning …

The functionality of the nervous system requires transmission of information along axons
with high speed and precision. Conductance velocity depends on axonal diameter whereas …

Background Spontaneous" miniature" transmitter release takes place at low rates at all
synapses. Long thought of as an unavoidable leak, spontaneous release has recently been …

Central pattern generators (CPGs) are neural circuits that based on their connectivity can
generate rhythmic and patterned output in the absence of rhythmic external inputs. This …

From breathing to walking, rhythmic movements encompass physiological processes
important across the entire animal kingdom. It is thought by many that the generation of …

Background Many organisms, from bacteria to human hunter-gatherers, use specialized
random walk strategies to explore their environment. Such behaviors are an efficient …