Intrinsic spinal networks, known as central pattern generators (CPGs), control the timing and
pattern of the muscle activity underlying locomotion in mammals. This review discusses new …

This article provides a perspective on major innovations over the past century in research on
the spinal cord and, specifically, on specialized spinal circuits involved in the control of …

What does the swimming leech have to do with the running human? The ability to move
actively in space is essential to members of the animal kingdom, and the evolution of the …

Neurons in the brainstem implicated in the initiation of locomotion include glutamatergic,
noradrenergic (NA), dopaminergic (DA), and serotonergic (5-HT) neurons giving rise to …

Over the past 40 years, much has been learned about the role of serotonin in spinal cord
reflex modulation and locomotor pattern generation. This review presents an historical …

In Neural Organization, Arbib, Erdi, and Szentagothai integrate structural, functional, and
dynamical approaches to the interaction of brain models and neurobiologcal experiments …

Central pattern generators (CPGs) are generally defined as networks of neurons capable of
enabling the production of central commands, specifically controlling stereotyped, rhythmic …

In 1995, C. David Marsden published an important paper entitled “Progressive myoclonic
ataxia associated with coeliac disease-The myoclonus is of cortical origin but the pathology …

Cowley, KC and BJ Schmidt. Regional distribution of the locomotor pattern-generating
network in the neonatal rat spinal cord. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 247–259, 1997. The regional …

The basic motor patterns underlying rhythmic limb movements during locomotion are
generated by neuronal networks located within the spinal cord. These networks are called …