A small-systems approach to motor pattern generation
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How neuronal networks enable animals, humans included, to make coordinated movements is a continuing goal of neuroscience research. The stomatogastric nervous system of decapod crustaceans, which contains a set of distinct but interacting motor circuits, has contributed significantly to the general principles guiding our present understanding of how rhythmic motor circuits operate at the cellular level. This results from a detailed documentation of the circuit dynamics underlying motor pattern generation in this system as well as its modulation by individual transmitters and neurons.
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- Authors
- Nusbaum, M. P., & Beenhakker, M. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nusbaum, Michael P.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2002-05
- Volume
- 417
- Issue
- 6886
- Pages
- 343-350
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC6494453
- OpenAlex
- W2062849434
- Cited by
- 320
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 1.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS042813)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Keywords
- motor pattern generation, stomatogastric nervous system, Decapoda, neuronal network dynamics, neurotransmitter modulation, motor coordination, crustacean neuromodulation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Crustacea, Humans, Membrane Potentials, Nerve Net, Nervous System Physiological Phenomena, Synaptic Transmission, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Synapses, Models, Animal
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