The motor system is the only external output channel of the brain. Various networks at different levels of the nervous system coordinate a multitude of motor patterns, such as eye or hand movements, ...

Abstract: this study presents a bio-inspired locomotion control architecture that integrates a half-center model central pattern generator (CPG) based on spiking neurons with a biophysically grounded ...

A motor neuron is a specialized type of nerve cell responsible for transmitting signals from the central nervous system to muscles, enabling movement. These neurons carry electrical impulses that ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 47 (November 25, 2014), pp. 16877-16882 (6 pages) Mammalian locomotor programs are thought to be directed ...

Locomotion is a complex, rhythmic motor activity involving well-coordinated activation of multiple muscle groups. Locomotor central pattern generators (CPG) are neural circuits located in the ...

Hindlimb locomotion, or walking, is a highly stereotypical and coordinated activity that is characterized by alternation in flexor and extensor muscles on the same side of the body and alternation of ...

As young children, we learn how to place one foot in front of the other at a steady pace. Once this has been learned, small bundles of neurons in the spinal cord - the central pattern generators (CPG) ...

Central pattern generators (CPGs) are circuits that generate rhythmic motor outputs which govern rhythmic behaviors. CPG core rhythmic activity is based on intrinsic and synaptic properties but can be ...

Central Pattern Generators (CPGs) are groups of neurons that produce rhythmic patterned outputs, even when they receive non-rhythmic input. CPGs do not need sensory feedback to generate rhythmic ...

Millipedes walk using what is called metachronal rhythm. This appears as a traveling wave in the millipede's legs, progressing from rear to front of its body. A specific network of neurons called ...

A drug candidate found to protect nerve cells damaged by motor neuron disease (MND), could offer new hope to people living with the devastating condition. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...