Researchers have created a 3D atlas mapping brain regions that connect to V1 spinal interneurons, which shape motor output.

Scientists traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord to control motor function.

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Hyperrelexic, overactive or spastic bladder or bowels occur with spinal cord injury at or above T12. The primary characteristic of this type of injury is increased organ spasms. The UMN bladder may ...

The transcription factor FoxP1 is important for the establishment of motor neuron diversification and connectivity. New studies indicate that it acts as an accessory factor for the transcriptional ...

The findings were published today in Neuron. “We have known for decades that the motor system is a distributed network, but the ultimate output is through the spinal cord,” said corresponding ...

Scientists have known for some time that motor output from the spinal cord can be adjusted through practice even without a brain. This has been shown most dramatically in headless insects, whose ...

St. Jude researchers developed a 3D atlas tracing brain connections to spinal V1 interneurons, crucial for movement. Using ...

Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle movement, but these signals typically pass through spinal interneurons before they reach their destination.

A reflex action follows this general sequence and does not involve the conscious part of the brain. This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in ...