ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Volume 860
Neuronal Mechanisms for Generating Locomotor Activity
Editors and Conference Organizers This volume contains papers presented at a conference entitled Neuronal Mechanisms for Generating Locomotor Activity, which was sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and held in New York City on March 20-23, 1998. You can order this volume from the NYAS catalog. CONTENTS |
Preface. By OLE KIEHN, RONALD M. HARRIS-WARRICK, LARRY M. JORDAN, HANS HULTBORN, AND NORIO KUDO
Vertebrate Locomotion-A Lamprey Perspective. By STEN GRILLNER, DAVID PARKER, and ABDELJABBAR EL MANIRA
Central Circuits Controlling Locomotion in Young Frog Tadpoles. By ALAN ROBERTS, S. R. SOFFE, E. S. WOLF, M. YOSHIDA, and F.-Y. ZHAO
Basic Principles for Generating Motor Output in the Stomatogastric Ganglion. By A. SELVERSTON, R. ELSON, M. RABINOVICH, R. HUERTA, and H. ABARBANEL
Analysis of the Central Pattern Generator for Swimming in the Mollusk Clione. By Y. I. ARSHAVSKY, T. G. DELIAGINA, G. N. ORLOVSKY, Y. V. PANCHIN, L. B. POPOVA, and R. I. SADREYEV
How Do We Approach the Locomotor Network in the Mammalian Spinal Cord? By H. HULTBORN, B. A. CONWAY, L-R GOSSARD, R. BROWNSTONE, B. FEDIRCHUK, E. D. SCHOMBURG, M. ENRÍQUEZ-DENT0N, and M-C. PERREAULT
Initiation of Locomotion in Mammals.
By LARRY M. JORDAN
Chapter 488k PDF
Cerebellar-induced Locomotion: Reticulospinal Control of Spinal Rhythm Generating Mechanism in Cats. By SHIGEMI MORI, TOSHIHIRO MATSUI, BUNYA KUZE, MITSURU ASANOME, KARSUMI NAKAJIMA, and KIYOJI MATSUYAMA
Modulation of Information Forwarded to Feline Cerebellum by Monoamines. By E. JANKOWSKA, I. HAMMAR SIMONSBERO, and B. CHOJNICKA
Distribution of Central Pattern Generators for Rhythmic Motor Outputs in the Spinal Cord of Limbed Vertebrates. By OLE KIEHN and OLE KJAERULFF
Mechanisms of Spontaneous Activity in the Developing Spinal Cord and Their Relevance to Locomotion. By M. J. O'DONOVAN, P. WENNER, N. CHUB, J. TABAK, and J. RINZEL
Spinal Motor Patterns in the Turtle. By PAUL S. G. STEIN, MARGARET L. MCCULLOUGH, and SCOTT N. CURRIE
Distributed Effects of Dopamine Modulation in the Crustacean Pyloric Network. By RONALD M. HARRIS-WARRICK, BRUCE R. JOHNSON, JACK H. PECK, PETER KLOPPENBURG, AMIR AYALI, and JACK SKARBINSKI
GABAergic Control of Spinal Locomotor Networks in the Neonatal Rat. By JEAN-RENÉ CAZALETS, SANDRINE BERTRAND, YOUSSEF SQALLI-HOUSSAINI, and FRANÇla;OIS CLARAC
Neuromodulation Intrinsic to the Central Pattern Generator for Escape Swimming in Tritonia. By PAUL S. KATZ
NMDA Receptor-mediated Oscillatory Properties: Potential Role in Rhythm Generation in the Mammalian Spinal Cord. By BRIAN J. SCHMIDT, SHAWN HOCHMAN, and JASON N. MACLEAN
Enhancement and Resetting of Locomotor Activity by Muscle Afferents. By K. G. PEARSON, J. E. MISIASZEK, and K. FOUAD
Neuronal Basis of Afferent-evoked Enhancement of Locomotor Activity.
By DAVID A. MCCREA
Chapter 584k PDF
Frequency Control of a Slow Oscillatory Network by a Fast Rhythmic Input: Pyloric to Gastric Mill Interactions in the Crab Stomatogastric Nervous System. By EVE MARDER, YAIR MANOR, FARZAN NADIM, MARLENE BARTOS, and MICHAEL P. NUSBAUM
Modeling of the Spinal Neuronal Circuitry Underlying Locomotion in a Lower Vertebrate. By ANDERS LANSNER, JEANETTE HELLGREN KOTALESKI, and STEN GRILLNER
Analysis and Modeling of the Locomotor Central Pattern Generator as a Network of Coupled Oscillators. By KAREN A. SIGVARDT and WILLIAM L. MILLER
Intersegmental Coordination of Swimmeret Movements: Mathematical Models and Neural Circuits. By BRIAN MULLONEY, FRANCES K. SKINNER, HISAAKI NAMBA, and WENDY M. HALL
Differential Expression and Targeting of K+ Channel Genes in the Lobster Pyloric Central Pattern Generator. By DEBORAH J. BARO and RONALD M. HARRIS-WARRICK
Behavioral and Electrophysiological Analysis of Ca-activated K-channel Transgenes in Drosophila. By NIGEL S. ATKINSON, ROBERT BRENNER, RUDI A. BOHM, JOYCE Y. YU, and JENNETTE L. WILBUR
Reorganization of Locomotor Activity during Development in the Prenatal Rat. By NORIO KUDO and HIROSHI NISHIMARU
Development and Aminergic Neuromodulation of a Spinal Locomotor Network Controlling Swimming in Xenopus Larvae. By KEITH T. SILLAR, CAROLYN A. REITH, and JOE MCDEARMID
Zebrafish as a Model System for Studying Neuronal Circuits and Behavior. By JOSEPH R. FETCHO and KATHARINE S. LIU
Pharmacological Activation and Modulation of the Central Pattern Generator for Locomotion in the Cat. By S. ROSSIGNOL, C. CHAU, E. BRUSTEIN, N. GIROUX, L. BOUYER, H. BARBEAU, and T. A. READER
Evidence for a Spinal Central Pattern Generator in Humans. By MILAN R. DIMITRIJEVIC, YURI GERASIMENKO, and MICHAELA M. PINTER
Does Neurorehabilitation Play a Role in the Recovery of Walking in Neurological Populations? By H. BARBEAU, K. NORMAN, J. FUNG, M. VISINTIN, and M. LADOUCEUR
Recovery of Locomotion following Transplantation of Monoaminergic Neurons in the Spinal Cord of Paraplegic Rats. By MINERVA GIMÉNEZ Y RIBOTTA, DIDIER ORSAL, DELPHINE FERABOLI-LOHNHERR, and ALAIN PRIVAT
Engines, Accelerators, and Brakes on Functional Spinal Cord Repair By JOHN D. STEEVES and WOLFRAM TETZLAFF
Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Interneurons in the Developing Spinal Cord. By P. WENNER, M. P. MATISE, A. JOYNER, and M. J. O'DONOVAN
Statistical Analysis and Intersegmental Delays Reveal Possible Roles of Network Depression in the Generation of Spontaneous Activity in the Chick Embryo Spinal Cord. By JOEL TABAK and MICHAEL J. O'DONOVAN
Organization of Rhythmic Motor Patterns in the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord of Neonate Mouse. By AGNÈS BONNOT, DIDIER MORIN, and DENISE VIALA
Lumbar Spinoreticular Neurons in the Rat: Part of the Central Pattern Generator for Locomotion? By DAVID S. K. MAGNUSON, DEBORAH M. GREEN, and TOMOKO SENGOKU
Lumbar Interneurons Involved in the Generation of Fictive Locomotion in Cats. By KIYOJI MATSUYAMA and SHIGEMI MORI
Pattern Generators for Muscles Crossing More than One Joint.
By DAVID P. BASHOR, YUE DAI, DEAN J. KRIELLAARS, and LARRY M. JORDAN
Abstract 136k PDF
Coherence between Locomotor Drive Potentials and Neurograms of Motor Pools with Variable Patterns of Locomotion. By TAMARA V. TRANK, VLADIMIR V. TURKIN, and THOMAS M. HAMM
Motor Patterns for Different Forms of Walking: Cues for the Locomotor Central Pattern Generator. By JUDITH L. SMITH, PATRICIA CARLSON-KUHTA, and TAMARA V. TRANK
Segmental Afferent Regulation of Hindlimb Wiping in the Spinal Frog. By WILLIAM J. KARGO, MICHELLE R. DAVIES, and SIMON F. GISZTER
Crossed Reciprocal Inhibition and Scratch Rhythmogenesis in the Turtle Spinal Cord. By SCOTT N. CURRIE and GREGORY G. GONSALVES
Specificity of Neural Circuits that Inhibit Escape in Crayfish. By A. BERKOWITZ, E. T. VU, and F. B. KRASNE
Intestinal Peristalsis: A Mammalian Motor Pattern Controlled by Enteric Neural Circuits. By MARCELLO COSTA, GRANT W. HENNIG, and SIMON J. H. BROOKES
Comparison of NMDA-Induced Membrane Potential Oscillations and Spontaneous Rhythmic Activity in the Chick Spinal Cord. By N. CHUB, L. E. MOORE, and M. J. O'DONOVAN
GABAA, and GABAB, Modulations of Synaptic Transmission between L1-L2 Locomotor Network and the Motoneurons in the Newborn Rat Isolated Spinal Cord. By S. BERTRAND and J-R. CAZALETS
Influence of Glycinergic Inhibition on Spinal Neuron Excitability during Amphibian Tadpole Locomotion. By RAY PERRINS and S. R. SOFFE 472
A Novel Neurotransmitter System Involved in the Control of Motor Behavior by the Basal Ganglia. By M. CLARA SAÑUDO-PEÑA and J. MICHAEL WALKER
Localization and Modulation of Rhythmogenic Locomotor Network in the Mudpuppy (Necturus maculatus). By K. JOVANOVIC, J. CHENG, K. YOSHIDA, and R. B. STEIN
Computer Simulation of Rhythm-Generating Networks. By E. IGRAS, J. P. A. FOWERAKER, A. WARE, and M. HULLIGER
Evidence for Unstable Periodic Orbits in Intact Swimming Lampreys, Isolated Spinal Cords, and Intermediate Preparations. By S. LESHER, M. L. SPANO, N. M. MELLEN, L. GUAN, S. DYKSTRA, and A. H. COHEN
Modeling the Lowering of Motoneuron Voltage Threshold during Fictive Locomotion.
By Y. DAI, K. E. JONES, B. FEDIRCHUK, S. KRAWITZ, and L. M. JORDAN
Abstract 129k PDF
A Model of Sensorimotor Development Using a Neural Network. By J. J. VAN HEIJST and J. E. VOS
Group I Disynaptic Excitation in Flexor and Bifunctional Motoneurons during
Locomotion. By JORGE QUEVEDO, BRENT FEDIRCHUK, SIMON GOSGNACH,
and DAVID MCCREA
Abstract 240k PDF
The Stumbling Correction Reaction during Fictive Locomotion in the Cat.
By DAVID MCCREA, JORGE QUEVEDO, BRENT FEDIRCHUK, and
SIMON GOSGNACH
Abstract 14k PDF
Tonic Presynaptic Reduction of Monosynaptic Ia EPSPs during Fictive
Locomotion.
By SIMON GOSGNACH, JORGE QUEVEDO, BRENT FEDIRCHUK, and
DAVID MCCREA
Abstract 137k PDF
The Contribution of Cutaneous Inputs to Locomotion in the Intact and the Spinal Cat. By LAURENT J. G. BOUYER and SERGE ROSSIGNOL
Bilateral Integration of Sensorimotor Signals during Pedaling. By L. H. TING, S. A. KAUTZ, D. A. BROWN, H. F. M. VAN DER LOOS, and F. E. ZAJAC
Differential Effects of the Noradrenergic Agonist Clonidine on the Locomotion of Intact, Partially and Completely Spinalized Adult Cats. By NATHALIE GIROUX, EDNA BRUSTEIN, CONNIE CHAU, HUGUES BARBEAU, TOMÁS A. READER, and SERGE ROSSIGNOL
Kinematic Analysis of Recovered Locomotor Movements of the Hindlimbs in Paraplegic Rats Transplanted with Monoaminergic Embryonic Neurons. By M. GIMÉINEZ Y RIBOTTA, D. ORSAL, D. FERABOLI-LOHNHERR, A. PRIVAT, J. PROVENCHER, and S. ROSSIGNOL
Transplant-mediated Locomotion Is Improved by Selective Serotonergic Agonists. By D. K. YI, V. ADIPUDI, M. SHIBAYAMA, K. N. ANDERSON, K. J. SIMANSKY, and M. MURRAY
Stepping in Nonhuman Primates with a Complete Spinal Cord Transection: Old and New Data, and Implications for Humans. By JOEL A. VILENSKY and BRIAN L. O'CONNOR
Selective Activation and Graded Recruitment of Functional Muscle Groups through Spinal Cord Stimulation. By V. K. MUSHAHWAR and K. W. HORCH
Effect of Locomotor Training Related to Clinical and Electrophysiological Examinations in Spinal Cord Injured Humans. By G. COLOMBO, M. WIRZ, and V. DIETZ
Interlimb Coupling Patterns in Human Locomotion: Are We Bipeds or Quadrupeds? By RICHARD E. A. VAN EMMERIK, ROBERT C. WAGENAAR, and ERWIN E. H. VAN WEGEN
Effects of Long-term Use of Benzodiazepines on Gait and Standing Balance in the Elderly. By FUMIO ETO, IKUKO SAOTOME, TERUHITO FURUICHI, and MASUMI OGASAWARA
Corticospinal Function during Human Walking. By L. 0. D. CHRISTENSEN, N. PETERSEN, H. MORITA, and J. NIELSEN
Cortically Controlled Gait Adjustments in the Cat. By IRINA N. BELOOZEROVA and MIKHAIL G. SIROTA
Pattern Generators and Cortical Maps in Locomotion of Spinal Injured Rats. By SIMON GISZTER, VIRGINIA GRAZIANI, WILLIAM KARGO, GREGORY HOCKENSMITH, MICHELLE R. DAVIES, CYNTHIA S. SMERASKI, and MARION MURRAY
Efferent Pathways Involved in the Running Activity Originate in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus of the Rat. By K. NARITA, T. MURATA, K. HONDA, M. NISHIHARA, T. HIGUCHI, and M. TAKAHASHI
Locomotion and Head Scanning Initiated by Hypothalamic Stimulation Are Inversely Related. By H. M. SINNAMON, M. E. KARVOSKY, and C. P. ILCH
Vestibulo- and Reticulospinal Control of the Extensor Half-Center in Locomotion. By HUGUES LEBLOND, ARIANE MÉNARD, and JEAN-PIERRE GOSSARD
Locomotor Behaviors in Generalized Convulsions Are Hierarchically Driven from Specific Brain-Stem Nuclei in the Network Subserving Audiogenic Seizure. By CARL L. FAINGOLD
Index of Contributors
Financial assistance was received from:
Supporters
- ATHENA NEUROSCIENCES, INC.
- EASTERN PARALYZED VETERANS ASSOCIATION
- THE LUNDBECK FOUNDATION
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE - NIH
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING - NIH
- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- THE SPINAL CORD RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA (JAPAN)
Contributors
- MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
- UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN'S GENERAL FOUNDATION
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