Topic: limb-based metrics

The kinematics of straight-trajectory forward locomotion has been extensively studied, but the motor strategies used for changing direction have been rarely investigated. We recently found in the mouse that the stimulation of V2a reticulospinal neurons in the gigantocellular nucleus (V2aGRN) leads to locomotor turning. Nevertheless, the complete body movements associated with this induced behavior, and their relevance in the context of spontaneous locomotion, remain underexplored. We address this here, by characterizing and comparing, with 3D motion capture at high spatial and temporal resolut