title: Motor control: learning new moves with old pumps.
abstract: A recent study has identified a novel form of short-term memory in the spinal cord that employs a ubiquitous mechanism for cellular homeostasis to encode neuronal network activity and adjust locomotor behaviour on the basis of past performance.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, Université Bordeaux & CNRS UMR5287, Bordeaux 33076, France. john.simmers@u-bordeaux2.fr
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simmers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000502:physiology*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase