title: How do we walk and chew gum at the same time?
abstract: A genetic approach has been used to map the neural circuits that control and coordinate the tongue and jaw muscles.
authors.affiliation: Philippe Morquette is in the Groupe de Recherche sur le système Nerveux Central and the Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada philippe.morquette@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morquette
authors.affiliation: Arlette Kolta is in the Groupe de Recherche sur le système Nerveux Central, the Faculté de Médecine Dentaire and the Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada arlette.kolta@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Arlette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: jaw motoneurons; monosynaptic rabies virus; orofacial coordination; premotor circuit; tongue motoneurons