Saturday, November 24, 2012

Motor Neurons that Multitask

If these multitask with proprioception, I want to know what protocol will bring them back after stroke.
Motor Neurons that Multitask

Summary

Animals use a form of sensory feedback termed proprioception to monitor their body position and modify the motor programs that control movement. In this issue of Neuron, Wen et al. (2012) provide evidence that a subset of motor neurons function as proprioceptors in C. elegans, where B-type motor neurons sense body curvature to control the bending movements that drive forward locomotion.

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