Symposium:               Initiation and Adaptation of the Locomotor Pattern

 

Track:                        Neural Control of Locomotion: From Genes to Behavior

Tuesday, 8:00 AM—10:00 AM, 28E

Chaired:                       Tatiana Deliagina

 

8:00 AM                      Chair's introduction. Common features of initiation and adaptation of locomotion in different species. Tatiana Deliagina. Karolinska Inst.

 

8:15 PM                       CNS structures implicated in the initiation of locomotion in the lamprey. Réjean Dubuc. Univ. of Montreal.

 

8:40 AM                      The control of basal ganglia on postural muscle tone and locomotion. K. Takakusaki. Asahikawa Med. Col.

 

9:05 AM                      Common mechanisms for the control of voluntary gait modifications and reaching? Trevor Drew. Univ. of Montreal.

 

9:30 AM                      Reflexes assist in shaping human gait patterns. J. Duysens. Katholieke Univ.