Shared Components of Rhythm Generation for Locomotion and Scratching Exist Prior to Motoneurons

Does the spinal cord use a single network to generate locomotor and scratching rhythms or two separate networks? Previous research showed that simultaneous swim and scratch stimulation (“dual stimulation”) in immobilized, spinal turtles evokes a single rhythm in hindlimb motor nerves with a frequenc...

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Main Authors: Zhao-Zhe Hao, Ari Berkowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2017.00054/full