Reconfiguration of the spinal interneuronal network during locomotion in vertebrates.
Within the spinal cord, the vast network of excitatory and inhibitory interneurons must be functionally reconfigured on an ongoing basis during locomotion to adapt to the environment and meet particular demands of the task. It is clear that different rhythmic motor behaviors are generated by shared and specialized circuitry and that reconfiguration is governed by multiple inputs that dynamically interact at the spinal level.
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Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, 2960 Chemin de la Tour, Pavillon Paul G. Desmarais, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3T 1J4. frigon.alain@gmail.com
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology