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The cortex as a central pattern generator
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Vertebrate spinal cord and brainstem central pattern generator (CPG) circuits share profound similarities with neocortical circuits. CPGs can produce meaningful functional output in the absence of sensory inputs. Neocortical circuits could be considered analogous to CPGs as they have rich spontaneous dynamics that, similar to CPGs, are powerfully modulated or engaged by sensory inputs, but can also generate output in their absence. We find compelling evidence for this argument at the anatomical, biophysical, developmental, dynamic and pathological levels of analysis. Although it is possible that cortical circuits are particularly plastic types of CPG ('learning CPGs'), we argue that present knowledge about CPGs is likely to foretell the basic principles of the organization and dynamic function of cortical circuits.
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“Even within the cortex itself, microcircuitry within different areas may be specialized: tinkered variations on a common ancestral microcircuit scaffold could potentially allow different cortical areas, such as sensory areas vs. prefrontal areas, to be configured to adopt a number of qualitatively distinct computational and learning configurations (Yuste et al., 2005; Marcus et al., 2014a,b), even”
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“Central pattern generator circuits provide an example of the kinds of architectures that can be pre-wired into neural microcircuitry, and may have evolutionary relationships with cortical circuits (Yuste et al., 2005).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yuste, R., MacLean, J. N., Smith, J., & Lansner, A.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Yuste, Rafael
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Published
- 2005-06-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 477-483
- ISSN
- 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0048
- OpenAlex
- W1481508412
- Cited by
- 355
- References
- 107
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- central pattern generator, neocortex, cortical circuits, spinal cord, brainstem, spontaneous activity, cortical plasticity
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Nerve Net
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