title: Motor networks: shifting coalitions.
abstract: Are central motor networks composed of task-specific dedicated neurons or are the neurons multifunctional, entering shifting coalitions for particular tasks to form different functional networks? Recent experiments elegantly indicate the latter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. ronald.calabrese@emory.edu
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Calabrese
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D007865:Leeches / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*