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Simultaneous bidirectional hindlimb locomotion in decerebrate cats.
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- Dynamics of spinal cord and vertebral column development during the postnatal ontogenesis of the cat.Anatomical science international · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular Basis of Kinematic Adaptations During Bidirectional Walking.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Bidirectional locomotion induces asymmetric limb adaptations.Journal of neurophysiology · 2025Article
- Functional Organization of the Spinal Locomotor Network Based on Analysis of Interneuronal Activity.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Forward Stepping Evoked by Transvertebral Stimulation in the Decerebrate Cat.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2024Article
- Differences in backward and forward treadmill locomotion in decerebrated cats.The Journal of experimental biology · 2022Article
- Activity of Spinal Interneurons during Forward and Backward Locomotion.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
- Simultaneous bidirectional hindlimb locomotion in decerebrate cats.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
We show that epidural spinal cord stimulation can elicit stable bidirectional locomotion of decerebrate cats on a split-belt treadmill. The stepping pattern of one limb was similar to unidirectional forward walking and, the other-was similar to unidirectional backward walking. This confirms that spinal and brainstem circuitry are sufficient to control such complex and extraordinary motor tasks driven by somatosensory input. Interlimb coordination during forward and backward walking was preserved in 2 out of 4 animals during 'extreme' conditions when one of the treadmill belts was stopped. Bidirectional locomotion worsened but was still possible after temporary spinalization by cooling the spinal cord on a low thoracic level. These present evidence for the great degree of the automatism for this stepping mode defined by the spinal neuronal networks.
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