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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Motor Control

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  • The mammalian spinal locomotor network relies on diverse interneuron populations for coordinated movement.
  • Understanding the precise relationship between interneuron activity and locomotor output remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how spinal interneuron population activity relates to locomotor output on a step-by-step basis.
  • To uncover the state space trajectories of spinal interneuron activity using artificial intelligence.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of lumbar interneuron population recordings and multi-muscle electromyography in spinalized cats performing air stepping.
  • Application of artificial intelligence methods to analyze neural population activity at millisecond timescales.

Main Results:

  • Specific regions in the interneuron state space correlated with millisecond-timescale adjustments in extensor-flexor alternation.
  • Variations in interneuron state space trajectories were linked to microvolt-scale changes in muscle output magnitude.

Conclusions:

  • A previously unrecognized regional organization exists within the spinal interneuron state space.
  • This organization may provide a unifying framework for studying spinal network function across various behaviors.