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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralyzed by conditions such as motor neuron disease and spinal cord injury, has been developed ...

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 ...

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) ...

If you have upper motor neuron lesions, you have damage to certain nerve cells that help you move. Medicines and therapy can help control symptoms like muscle spasms and help you walk and talk more ...