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Neural basis of rhythmic behavior in animals
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Evidence of this permits resolution of the long-standing controversy over the neural basis of rhythmic behavior and aids in the identification of this mechanism as a general principle of neural organization applicable to all animals with central nervous systems.Abstract:
Timing of the repetitive movements that constitute any rhythmic behavior is regulated by intrinsic properties of the central nervous system rather than by sensory feedback from moving parts of the body. Evidence of this permits resolution of the long-standing controversy over the neural basis of rhythmic behavior and aids in the identification of this mechanism as a general principle of neural organization applicable to all animals with central nervous systems.read more
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2008 Special Issue: Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots: A review
TL;DR: Research carried out on locomotor central pattern generators (CPGs), i.e. neural circuits capable of producing coordinated patterns of high-dimensional rhythmic output signals while receiving only simple, low-dimensional, input signals, is reviewed.
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Neurobiological Bases of Rhythmic Motor Acts in Vertebrates
TL;DR: The hypothesis that different parts of the network controlling locomotion can be used in a variety of other motor acts, including learned ones, is reviewed.
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Connectionist Models and Their Properties
TL;DR: A general connectionist model is introduced and how it might be used in cognitive science is considered, among the issues addressed are: stability and noise-sensitivity, distributed decision-making, time and sequence problems, and the representation of complex concepts.
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Dynamic pattern generation in behavioral and neural systems
Gregor Schöner,J. A. S. Kelso +1 more
TL;DR: The central mathematical concepts of self-organization in nonequilibrium systems are used to show how a large number of empirically observed features of temporal patterns can be mapped onto simple low-dimensional dynamical laws that are derivable from lower levels of description.
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Brain Stem Control of Swallowing: Neuronal Network and Cellular Mechanisms
TL;DR: The neuronal circuitry, the cellular properties of neurons, and the neurotransmitters possibly involved, as well as the peripheral and central inputs which shape the output of the network appropriately so that the swallowing movements correspond to the bolus to be swallowed are analyzed.
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TL;DR: I. Experiments in which the spinal cord is cut and the peripheral reflexes are tested during narcosis progression, and the nature and position of the reflex are explained.
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The Central Nervous Control of Flight in a Locust
TL;DR: It is suggested that the basic co-ordination of flight is an inherent function of the central nervous system but that peripheral feedback loops influence the frequency of Operation and details of pattern.
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Evidence for central timing of rhythmical mastication
P. G. Dellow,J. P. Lund +1 more
TL;DR: The origin of the co‐ordination and rhythm of mastication provoked by electrical stimulation of the putamen and corticobulbar pathways was studied in the rabbit and results confirmed the role of EMT in mastication.