Neurons, Network and Motor Behavior

by Paul S. G. Stein, Sten Grillner, Allen I. Selverston and Douglas G. Stuart (Eds.)

• ISBN13: 9780262692274
• ISBN10: 0262692279
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-25
• Publisher: Bradford Books

Summary

Recent advances in motor behavior research rely on detailed knowledge of the characteristics of the neurons and networks that generate motor behavior. At the cellular level, Neurons, Networks, and Motor Behaviordescribes the computational characteristics of individual neurons and how these characteristics are modified by neuromodulators. At the network and behavioral levels, the volume discusses how network structure is dynamically modulated to produce adaptive behavior. Contributors describe how networks generate such motor behaviors as walking, swimming, flying, scratching, reaching, breathing, feeding, and chewing. The volume contains six sections: selection and initiation of motor patterns; generation and formation of motor patterns: cellular and systems properties; generation and formation of motor patterns: computational approaches; modulation and reconfiguration; short-term modulation of pattern generating circuits; and sensory modification of motor output to control whole body orientation.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Selection and Initiation of Motor Patterns	p. 1
Selection and Initiation of Motor Behavior	p. 3
The Role of Population Coding in the Control of Movement	p. 21
Neural Substrates for Initiation of Startle Responses	p. 33
Generation and Formation of Motor Patterns: Cellular and Systems Properties	p. 45
Basic Building Blocks of Vertebrate Spinal Central Pattern Generators	p. 47
Neural and Biomechanical Control Strategies for Different Forms of Vertebrate Hindlimb Motor Tasks	p. 61
Spinal Networks and Sensory Feedback in the Control of Undulatory Swimming in Lamprey	p. 75
Spinal networks Controlling Swimming in Hatchling Xenopus Tadpoles	p. 83
Role of Ionic Currents in the Operation of Motor Circuits in the Xenopus Embryo	p. 91
Integration of Cellular and Network Mechanisms in Mammalian Oscillatory Motor Circuits: Insights from the Respiratory Oscillator	p. 97
Shared Features of Invertebrate Central Pattern Generators	p. 105
Intrinsic Membrane Properties and Synaptic Mechanisms in Motor Rhythm Generators	p. 119
Organization of Neural Networks for the Control of Posture and Locomotion in an Insect	p. 131
Generation and Formation of Motor Patterns: Computational Approaches	p. 137
How Computation Aids in Understanding Biological Networks	p. 139
Dynamical Systems Analyses of Real Neuronal Networks	p. 151
Realistic Modeling of Burst Generation and Swimming in Lamprey	p. 165
Integrate-and-Fire Simulations of Two Molluscan Neural Circuits	p. 173
Modulation and Reconfiguration	p. 181
Chemical Modulation of Vertebrate Motor Circuits	p. 183
Modulation of Neural Circuits by Steroid Hormones in Rodent and Insect Model Systems	p. 195
Chemical Modulation of Crustacean Stomatogastric Pattern Generator Networks	p. 209
Reconfiguration of the Peripheral Plant during Various Forms of Feeding Behaviors in the Mollusc Aplysia	p. 217
Short-Term Modulation of Pattern-Generating Circuits	p. 223
Sensory Modulation of Pattern-Generating Circuits	p. 225
Presynaptic Mechanisms during Rhythmic Activity in Vertebrates and Invertebrates	p. 237
Sensory Modification of Motor Output to Control Whole-Body Orientation	p. 255
Control of Body Orientation and Equilibrium in Vertebrates	p. 257
Centrally Patterned Behavior Generates Sensory Input for Adaptive Control	p. 269
Oculomotor Control in Insects: From Muscles to Elementary Motion Detectors	p. 277
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