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ArticleeLife2017

Computational modeling of spinal circuits controlling limb coordination and gaits in quadrupeds.

Simon M Danner, Natalia A Shevtsova, Alain Frigon, Ilya A Rybak

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Simon M DannerDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4642-7064
Natalia A ShevtsovaDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States.
Alain FrigonDepartment of Pharmacology-Physiology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.
Ilya A RybakDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-349X

Funding

Spinal cord neural circuits for left-right and flexor-extensor coordinationR01NS090919 · NINDS · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI GOULDING, MARTYN D, KIEHN, OLE · 2014 to 2018
$3.1M
CRCNS: Rhythm generation in rodent spinal cord R01NS095366 · NINDS · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI DOUGHERTY, KIMBERLY J · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
CRCNS: Organization of the locomotor CPG in the rodent spinal cordR01NS081713 · NINDS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI HARRIS-WARRICK, RONALD M, RYBAK, ILYA A · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS081713NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS090919NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS095366
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions between cervical and lumbar spinal circuits are mediated by long propriospinal neurons (LPNs). Ablation of descending LPNs in mice disturbs left-right coordination at high speeds without affecting fore-hind alternation. We developed a computational model of spinal circuits consisting of four rhythm generators coupled by commissural interneurons (CINs), providing left-right interactions, and LPNs, mediating homolateral and diagonal interactions. The proposed CIN and diagonal LPN connections contribute to speed-dependent gait transition from walk, to trot, and then to gallop and bound; the homolateral LPN connections ensure fore-hind alternation in all gaits. The model reproduces speed-dependent gait expression in intact and genetically transformed mice and the disruption of hindlimb coordination following ablation of descending LPNs. Inputs to CINs and LPNs can affect interlimb coordination and change gait independent of speed. We suggest that these interneurons represent the main targets for supraspinal and sensory afferent signals adjusting gait.

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Computer SimulationAnimalsComputational BiologyExtremitiesGaitLocomotionMiceModels, BiologicalNeuronsSpinal Cordcentral pattern generatorcommissural interneuronsgaitinterlimb coordinationlocomotionlong propriospinal neuronsneurosciencenone

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PMID29165245
PMCPMC5726855

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