Topic: fictive locomotion

Central pattern generators (CPGs) in the spinal cord control animal locomotion. They generate rhythmically alternating flexor and extensor activities producing coordinated limb movements. Afferent feedback allows animals to adapt locomotion to the environment. Responses of neural activities to afferent feedback stimulation have been previously examined during fictive locomotion in immobilized cats. However, locomotion of behaving animals is governed by dynamic interactions between central neuronal circuits (CPGs), afferent feedback, the musculoskeletal system, and the environment. To study the