Neurobiology of Vertebrate Locomotion

Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, June 17th – 19th, 1985

  • Sten Grillner
  • Paul S. G. Stein
  • Douglas G. Stuart
  • Hans Forssberg
  • Richard M. Herman
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Part of the Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series book series (WGS)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Initiation of Locomotion — Physiology and Pharmacology

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Command Systems for Initiating Locomotion in Fish and Amphibians: Parallels to Initiation Systems in Mammals
      Andrew D. McClellan
      Pages 3-20
    3. Initiation of Locomotion from the Mammalian Brainstem
      Larry M. Jordan
      Pages 21-37
    4. An Hypothesis on the Bulbospinal Locomotor Column
      Mark L. Shik
      Pages 39-49
    5. Reticular Formation Stimulation Evokes Walking and Flying in Birds
      John D. Steeves, G. N. Sholomenko, D. M. S. Webster
      Pages 51-54
    6. Interaction of Posture and Locomotion and Initiation of Locomotion in Decerebrate Cats and Freely Moving Intact Cats
      Shigemi Mori, Y. Ohta
      Pages 55-71
    7. Studies on the Medial Reticular Formation during Locomotion in Chronic Cats Using Microstimulation and Unit Recording
      Trevor Drew, S. Rossignol
      Pages 73-76
    8. The Basal Ganglia and the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region
      Edgar Garcia-Rill, R. D. Skinner
      Pages 77-103
    9. Dissolution of Motor Program Coordination in Parkinson’s Disease
      Páll E. Ingvarsson, B. Johnels, G. Steg
      Pages 105-119
    10. The Motor Cortex and Locomotion in the Cat
      David M. Armstrong
      Pages 121-137

  3. Motor Patterns in Intact, Deafferented, Spinal and Fictive Preparations

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 139-139
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    2. Mechanical and Neural Patterns Underlying Swimming by Lateral Undulations: Review of Studies on Fish, Amphibia and Lamprey
      Thelma L. Williams
      Pages 141-155
    3. Vertical Undulations in the Atlantic Stingray and Comparisons with Other Models
      Robert B. Leonard
      Pages 157-171
    4. Synaptic Influences Contributing to the Pattern of Limb Motoneuron Activity during Fictive Locomotion in the Cat
      Claude Perret
      Pages 173-184
    5. Hindlimb Locomotion of the Spinal Cat: Synergistic Patterns, Limb Dynamics and Novel Blends
      Judith L. Smith
      Pages 185-199
    6. The Forms of a Task and Their Blends
      Paul S. G. Stein, L. I. Mortin, G. A. Robertson
      Pages 201-216
    7. A Model for the Aiming Phase of the Wiping Reflex
      Michael B. Berkinblit, I. M. Gelfand, A. G. Feldman
      Pages 217-227

  4. Organization of the Central Network Generating the Motor Pattern of Locomotion

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 229-229
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    2. Understanding Central Pattern Generators: Insights Gained from the Study of Invertebrate Systems
      Peter A. Getting
      Pages 231-244

About this book

Keywords

biology neurobiology vertebrate zoology

Editors and affiliations

  • Sten Grillner
    • 1
  • Paul S. G. Stein
    • 2
  • Douglas G. Stuart
    • 3
  • Hans Forssberg
    • 1
  • Richard M. Herman
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Physiology IIIKarolinska InstituteStockholmSweden
  2. 2.Department of BiologyWashington UniversitySt LouisUSA
  3. 3.Department of PhysiologyUniversity of ArizonaTucsonUSA
  4. 4.Department of Rehabilitation MedicineCatholic Medical CenterManchesterUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09148-5
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1986
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Biomedical and Life Sciences
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-09150-8
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-09148-5
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