[HTML][HTML] Current principles of motor control, with special reference to vertebrate locomotion

S Grillner, A El Manira - Physiological reviews, 2019‏ - journals.physiology.org
The vertebrate control of locomotion involves all levels of the nervous system from cortex to
the spinal cord. Here, we aim to cover all main aspects of this complex behavior, from the …

Homeobox genes and the specification of neuronal identity

O Hobert - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021‏ - nature.com
The enormous diversity of cell types that characterizes any animal nervous system is defined
by neuron-type-specific gene batteries that endow cells with distinct anatomical and …

[ספר][B] Principles of neurobiology

L Luo - 2020‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Principles of Neurobiology, Second Edition presents the major concepts of neuroscience
with an emphasis on how we know what we know. The text is organized around a series of …

Spinal interneurons: diversity and connectivity in motor control

M Sengupta, MW Bagnall - Annual review of neuroscience, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
The spinal cord is home to the intrinsic networks for locomotion. An animal in which the
spinal cord has been fully severed from the brain can still produce rhythmic, patterned …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals diversity within mammalian spinal motor neurons

ES Liau, S **, YC Chen, WS Liu, M Calon… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Spinal motor neurons (MNs) integrate sensory stimuli and brain commands to generate
movements. In vertebrates, the molecular identities of the cardinal MN types such as those …

Roles of axon guidance molecules in neuronal wiring in the develo** spinal cord

A Chédotal - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019‏ - nature.com
The spinal cord receives, relays and processes sensory information from the periphery and
integrates this information with descending inputs from supraspinal centres to elicit precise …

Molecular blueprints for spinal circuit modules controlling locomotor speed in zebrafish

I Pallucchi, M Bertuzzi, D Madrid, P Fontanel… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The flexibility of motor actions is ingrained in the diversity of neurons and how they are
organized into functional circuit modules, yet our knowledge of the molecular underpinning …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the vertebrate motor system—from forebrain to spinal cord

S Grillner - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A comparison of the vertebrate motor systems of the oldest group of now living vertebrates
(lamprey) with that of mammals shows that there are striking similarities not only in the basic …

Spinal cords: Symphonies of interneurons across species

AC Wilson, LB Sweeney - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Vertebrate movement is orchestrated by spinal inter-and motor neurons that, together with
sensory and cognitive input, produce dynamic motor behaviors. These behaviors vary from …

Swimming performance of sharks and rays under climate change

M Vilmar, V Di Santo - Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 2022‏ - Springer
Climate change stressors (eg, warming and ocean acidification) are an imminent challenge
to the physiological performance of marine organisms. Several studies spanning the last …