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Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volume 31, 2015

Assembly and Function of Spinal Circuits for Motor Control

Abstract

Control of movement is a fundamental and complex task of the vertebrate nervous system, which relies on communication between circuits distributed throughout the brain and spinal cord. Many of the networks essential for the execution of basic locomotor behaviors are composed of discrete neuronal populations residing within the spinal cord. The organization and connectivity of these circuits is established through programs that generate functionally diverse neuronal subtypes, each contributing to a specific facet of motor output. Significant progress has been made in deciphering how neuronal subtypes are specified and in delineating the guidance and synaptic specificity determinants at the core of motor circuit assembly. Recent studies have shed light on the basic principles linking locomotor circuit connectivity with function, and they are beginning to reveal how more sophisticated motor behaviors are encoded. In this review, we discuss the impact of developmental programs in specifying motor behaviors governed by spinal circuits.

Keyword(s): central pattern generator, interneuron, locomotion, motor neuron, sensory neuron, transcription factor
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Assembly and Function of Spinal Circuits for Motor Control
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 31, 669 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100814-125155
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