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Emergence of in vitro preparations and their contribution to understanding the neural control of behavior in vertebrates

Emergence of in vitro preparations and their contribution to understanding the neural control of... One of the longstanding goals of the field of neuroscience is to understand the neural control of behavior in both invertebrate and vertebrate species. A series of early discoveries showed that certain motor patterns like locomotion could be generated by neuronal circuits without sensory feedback or descending control systems. These were called fictitious, or "fictive", motor programs because they could be expressed by neurons in the absence of movement. This finding lead investigators to isolate central nervous system tissue and maintain it in a dish in vitro to better study mechanisms of motor pattern generation. A period of rapid development of in vitro preparations from invertebrate species that could generate fictive motor programs from the activity of central pattern generating circuits (CPGs) emerged that was gradually followed by the introduction of such preparations from vertebrates. Here, I will review some of the notable in vitropreparations from both mammalian and non-mammalian vertebrate species developed to study the neural circuits underlying a variety of complex behaviors. This approach has been instrumental in delineating not only the cellular substrates underlying locomotion, respiration, scratching, and other behaviors, but also mechanisms underlying the modifiability of motor pathways through synaptic plasticity. In vitro preparations have had a significant impact on the field of motor systems neuroscience and the expansion of our understanding of how nervous systems control behavior. The field is ready for further advancement of this approach to explore neural substrates for variations in behavior generated by social and seasonal context, and the environment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neurophysiology The American Physiological Society

Emergence of in vitro preparations and their contribution to understanding the neural control of behavior in vertebrates

Journal of Neurophysiology , Volume 128 (3) – Sep 1, 2022

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ISSN
0022-3077
eISSN
1522-1598
DOI
10.1152/jn.00142.2022
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Abstract

One of the longstanding goals of the field of neuroscience is to understand the neural control of behavior in both invertebrate and vertebrate species. A series of early discoveries showed that certain motor patterns like locomotion could be generated by neuronal circuits without sensory feedback or descending control systems. These were called fictitious, or "fictive", motor programs because they could be expressed by neurons in the absence of movement. This finding lead investigators to isolate central nervous system tissue and maintain it in a dish in vitro to better study mechanisms of motor pattern generation. A period of rapid development of in vitro preparations from invertebrate species that could generate fictive motor programs from the activity of central pattern generating circuits (CPGs) emerged that was gradually followed by the introduction of such preparations from vertebrates. Here, I will review some of the notable in vitropreparations from both mammalian and non-mammalian vertebrate species developed to study the neural circuits underlying a variety of complex behaviors. This approach has been instrumental in delineating not only the cellular substrates underlying locomotion, respiration, scratching, and other behaviors, but also mechanisms underlying the modifiability of motor pathways through synaptic plasticity. In vitro preparations have had a significant impact on the field of motor systems neuroscience and the expansion of our understanding of how nervous systems control behavior. The field is ready for further advancement of this approach to explore neural substrates for variations in behavior generated by social and seasonal context, and the environment.

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Journal of NeurophysiologyThe American Physiological Society

Published: Sep 1, 2022

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