The role of sensory network dynamics in generating a motor program

• Published in: Journal of Neuroscience
• Main Authors: Levi, Rafael, Varona, Pablo, Arshavsky, Yu I., Rabinovich, Mikhail I., Selverston, Allen I.
• Other Authors: UAM. Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Neurocomputación Biológica (ING EPS-005)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Neuroscience 2014
• Subjects: Clione limacina; Hunting behavior; Motor coordination; Motor program; Sensory organ; Spatiotemporal pattern; Statocyst; Informática; Eia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10486/662667; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2249-05.2005

Sensory input plays a major role in controlling motor responses during most behavioral tasks. The vestibular organs in the marine mollusk Clione, the statocysts, react to the external environment and continuously adjust the tail and wing motor neurons to keep the animal oriented vertically. However,...