title: Invertebrate central pattern generation moves along.
abstract: Central pattern generators (CPGs) are circuits that generate organized and repetitive motor patterns, such as those underlying feeding, locomotion and respiration. We summarize recent work on invertebrate CPGs which has provided new insights into how rhythmic motor patterns are produced and how they are controlled by higher-order command and modulatory interneurons.
authors.affiliation: Volen Center, MS 013, Brandeis University, Watham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA. marder@brandeis.edu
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marder
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Adam L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D017952:Ganglia, Invertebrate / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D007448:Invertebrates; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology; D010507:Periodicity
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents