Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Videos

Spinal pattern generation

S Rossignol¹, R Dubuc

¹Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

|December 1, 1994

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Virilization at puberty in adolescent girls may reveal a 46,XY disorder of sexual development.

Endocrine connections·2023

Same author

Photosensitized reactions initiated by 6-carboxypterin: singlet and triplet reactivity.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP·2016

Same author

Preface. Sensorimotor rehabilitation at the crossroads of basic and clinical sciences.

Progress in brain research·2015

Same author

Genome-wide paternal uniparental disomy as a cause of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome associated with recurrent virilizing adrenocortical tumors.

Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme·2014

Same author

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: growth pattern and tumor risk according to molecular mechanism, and guidelines for tumor surveillance.

Hormone research in paediatrics·2013

Same author

CDKN1C mutation affecting the PCNA-binding domain as a cause of familial Russell Silver syndrome.

Journal of medical genetics·2013

Same journal

Population codes for context-dependent decision-making.

Current opinion in neurobiology·2026

Same journal

Cichlid fish as a model for understanding social dysfunction.

Current opinion in neurobiology·2026

Same journal

On aims and methods in field neuroethology: Investigating neural mechanisms of behavior in semi-natural and natural contexts.

Current opinion in neurobiology·2026

Same journal

Neurobiological interfaces connecting environmental change to monarch butterfly migration.

Current opinion in neurobiology·2026

Same journal

Learning how to experience the world: From circuits to cell types to genes.

Current opinion in neurobiology·2026

Same journal

Editorial overview for neurobiology of disease 2026.

Current opinion in neurobiology·2026

See all related articles

Spinal pattern generation research reveals new neural membrane properties and reflex responses. These findings, observed in reduced preparations, were unexpected without studying rhythmic neural activity.

Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Spinal Cord Research

Background:

Spinal pattern generation is crucial for locomotion.
Understanding neural circuits requires studying rhythmic activity.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the effects of transmitters on spinal rhythmic patterns.
Examine changes in neural membrane properties within generating circuits.
Analyze interactions between central pattern generators and afferent inputs.

Main Methods:

Utilized reduced preparations (neonatal rats, chick embryos, tadpole embryos, lampreys).
Studied effects of various transmitters.
Examined alterations in membrane properties.
Investigated central-afferent interactions.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

Identified novel properties of neural membranes.
Discovered new reflex responses.
Demonstrated that these findings were unpredictable without rhythmic activity.

Conclusions:

Spinal rhythmic activity is essential for uncovering fundamental neural properties.
New insights into neural membranes and reflex responses have been gained.
The study highlights the complexity of spinal pattern generation circuits.