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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bouvier J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4899047 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bouvier Julien J Caggiano Vittorio V Leiras Roberto R Caldeira Vanessa V Bellardita Carmelo C Balueva Kira K Fuchs Andrea A Kiehn Ole O
Cell 20151101 5
The episodic nature of locomotion is thought to be controlled by descending inputs from the brainstem. Most studies have largely attributed this control to initiating excitatory signals, but little is known about putative commands that may specifically determine locomotor offset. To link identifiable brainstem populations to a potential locomotor stop signal, we used developmental genetics and considered a discrete neuronal population in the reticular formation: the V2a neurons. We find that tho ...[more]