Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion

TY - JOUR

T1 - Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion

AU - Kiehn, Ole

PY - 2016/4/1

Y1 - 2016/4/1

N2 - Unravelling the functional operation of neuronal networks and linking cellular activity to specific behavioural outcomes are among the biggest challenges in neuroscience. In this broad field of research, substantial progress has been made in studies of the spinal networks that control locomotion. Through united efforts using electrophysiological and molecular genetic network approaches and behavioural studies in phylogenetically diverse experimental models, the organization of locomotor networks has begun to be decoded. The emergent themes from this research are that the locomotor networks have a modular organization with distinct transmitter and molecular codes and that their organization is reconfigured with changes to the speed of locomotion or changes in gait.

AB - Unravelling the functional operation of neuronal networks and linking cellular activity to specific behavioural outcomes are among the biggest challenges in neuroscience. In this broad field of research, substantial progress has been made in studies of the spinal networks that control locomotion. Through united efforts using electrophysiological and molecular genetic network approaches and behavioural studies in phylogenetically diverse experimental models, the organization of locomotor networks has begun to be decoded. The emergent themes from this research are that the locomotor networks have a modular organization with distinct transmitter and molecular codes and that their organization is reconfigured with changes to the speed of locomotion or changes in gait.

U2 - 10.1038/nrn.2016.9

DO - 10.1038/nrn.2016.9

M3 - Review

C2 - 26935168

AN - SCOPUS:84959552880

SN - 1471-003X

VL - 17

SP - 224

EP - 238

JO - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

JF - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

IS - 4

ER -