title: Modeling a vertebrate motor system: pattern generation, steering and control of body orientation.
abstract: The lamprey is one of the few vertebrates in which the neural control system for goal-directed locomotion including steering and control of body orientation is well described at a cellular level. In this report we review the modeling of the central pattern-generating network, which has been carried out based on detailed experimentation. In the same way the modeling of the control system for steering and control of body orientation is reviewed, including neuromechanical simulations and robotic devices.
authors.affiliation: Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Insititutet, Retzius väg 8, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. sten.grillner@ki.se
authors.forename: Sten
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grillner
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozlov
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dario
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanini
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menciassi
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lansner
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hellgren Kotaleski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007798:Lampreys / Q000502:physiology; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D009420:Nervous System / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*