Diversification of ventral interneuron populations in the Developing spinal corD
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Initiation of movements and control of body posture depend on multiple interconnected neuronal networks located in the cortex and in other regions of the encephalon. The activity of these networks eventually converges toward the primary motor cortex wherein primary motor neurons project to multiple nuclei and to the spinal cord and innervate local spinal motor circuitries. Interestingly, whereas cortical networks ensure the initiation of any motor activity, local spinal circuitries autonomously regulate stereotyped aspects of movement including speed, flexor/extensor alternation, rhythmicity and left/right alternation during locomotion.
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