RECOMBINATION OF MOTOR PATTERN GENERATORS
RECOMBINATION OF MOTOR PATTERN GENERATORS
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DOI:
10.1016/0960-9822(91)90066-6
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发表时间:
1991-01-01
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影响因子:
9.2
通讯作者:
GRILLNER S
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作者:
GRILLNER S
The brain can best be described as a large number of neural networks, each specialized for its particular htnction. Different patterns of behaviour are each generated by a separate network of nerve cells. In the sensory nervous system, certain networks may detect the outline of a visual image, whereas others detect a given tone or sequence of tones. Our motor performance is varied. A number of preformed networks are already in operation when we are born such as those that control sucking in the infant, swallowing and breathing. Others become effective as the nervous system matures, such as walking, expression of emotions, vocalizations and Iine linger movements [11.One major goal of neuroscience is to understand how these diiferent networks function in terms of interacting nerve cells, and how they can adapt to a variety of external events. A detailed understanding of the network under consideration requires a knowledge of the connectivity between all relevant nerve cells, types of synaptic transmission, postsynaptic receptors, membrane properties, mode of activation and sensory interaction. The complexity is such that mathematical modelling is a necessary and very important tool. For the same reason experimental models with comparatively few neurons have to be used. Studies of several simple invertebrate i2-61 and, more recently, lower vertebrate networks [7-101 have provided insights into the cellular modes of operation of networks, but no such results have yet come out of the complex mammalian network analyses.