Idle sensations
The development of rhythmic forms of movement such as crawling and breathing is dependant on groups of pattern generating neurons in the central nervous system, but the sensory inputs involved remain unclear. In March 14 Nature, Maximiliano Suster and Michael Bate from University of Cambridge, UK, show that sensory transmission is not required for the development of a central circuit that is adequate for producing rhythmic movements.Suster and Bate engineered Drosophila embryos and larvae that h
Mar 14, 2002
The development of rhythmic forms of movement such as crawling and breathing is dependant on groups of pattern generating neurons in the central nervous system, but the sensory inputs involved remain unclear. In March 14
Suster and Bate engineered
"The developmental significance of this motor activity is not clear, but one possibility is that, as in sensory systems, activity in the motor system is a prerequisite for the proper...