Symposium:                Modulation of the Locomotor Pattern Generators by Neurotransmitters and by Sensory Afferents

 

Track:                         Neural Control of Locomotion: From Genes to Behavior

                                    Monday, 3:15 PM—5:15 PM, 28E

Chaired:                       Keir G. Pearson

 

 3:15 PM                    Chair's introduction. Short- and long-term adaptation of pattern generating networks. Keir G. Pearson. Univ. of Alberta.

 

 3:30 PM                     Neuromodulation on demand within the locomotor network. Abdel El Manira. Karolinska Inst.

 

 3:55 PM                     Modulation of spinal circuitry controlling vertebrate locomotion. Keith Sillar. Univ. of St. Andrews.

 

 4:20 PM                     Spinal circuitry of sensorimotor control of locomotion. David McCrea. Univ. of Manitoba.

 

 4:45 PM                      Presynaptic control of sensory afferents during locomotion. Jean-Pierre Gossard. Univ. of Montreal.