On the definition of central pattern generator and its sensory control |
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Authors: | U Bässler |
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Institution: | (1) Fachbereich Biologie der Universität, D-6750 Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | A central pattern generator (CPG) is defined here as a neural network responsible for the production of the timing cues of a rhythmic motor output pattern in the isolated CNS. For the intact animal, model considerations show that this term is neither clearly delimited from the concept of a reflex chain nor from the concept of a pattern generator with functional principles different from those of the CPG. Therefore, it cannot be concluded from the existence of a CPG in the isolated nervous system that this CPG also provides the decisive timing cues in the intact animal. Consequences for the study of the neural basis of rhythmic movements are shown. |
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