Analysis of the mammalian central pattern generator through the characterization of lumbar interneuronal activity

摘要

In spinal cord injury rehabilitation, one of the main methods used involves re-training the patients' spinal circuitry to produce movement. Located in the spinal cord, the central pattern generator (CPG) is the term used to describe the neural circuitry which drives locomotion within vertebrates. Understanding the composition and architecture of the CPG will assist the development of rehabilitation approaches for spinal cord injury.