Motor primitives are determined in early development and are then robustly conserved into adulthood [Neuroscience]

Motor patterns in legged vertebrates show modularity in both young and adult animals, comprising motor synergies or primitives. Are such spinal modules observed in young mammals conserved into adulthood or altered? Conceivably, early circuit modules alter radically through experience and descending pathways’ activity. We analyze lumbar motor patterns of intact...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - June 10, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Qi Yang, David Logan, Simon F. Giszter Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research