Effects of local oscillator frequency on intersegmental coordination in the lamprey locomotor CPG: Theory and experiment

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 4094-4103

  Sigvardt, Karen A ^a   Williams, Thelma L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSTOME; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0030476668     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.4094     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. BRODIN, L., GRILLNER S., AND ROVAINEN, C. M. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), kainate and quisqualate receptors and the generation of fictive locomotion in the lamprey spinal cord. Brain Res. 325: 302-306, 1985.
2. BUCHANAN, J. T. Identification of interneurons with contralateral caudal axons in the lamprey spinal cord: synaptic interactions and morphology. J. Neurophysiol. 47: 961-975, 1982.
3. BUCHANAN, J. T. Neural network simulations of coupled locomotor oscillators in the lamprey spinal cord. Biol. Cybern. 66: 367-374, 1992.
4. BUCHANAN, J. T. Electrophysiological properties of identified classes of lamprey spinal neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 70: 2313-2325, 1993.
5. BUCHANAN, J. T. AND COHEN, A. H. Activities of identified interneurons, motoneurons, and muscle fibers during fictive swimming in the lamprey and the effects of reticulospinal and dorsal cell stimulation. J. Neurophysiol. 47: 948-960, 1982.
6. BUCHANAN, J. T., GRILLNER, S., CULLHEIM, S., AND RISLING, M. Identification of excitatory interneurons contributing to generation of locomotion in lamprey: structure, pharmacology, and function. J. Neurophysiol. 62: 59-69, 1989.
7. COHEN, A. H. The structure and function of the intersegmental coordinating system in the lamprey spinal cord. J. Comp. Physiol. 160: 181-193, 1987a.
8. COHEN, A. H. Effects of oscillator frequency on phase-locking in the lamprey central pattern generator. J. Neurosci. Methods 21: 113-125, 1987b.
9. COHEN, A. H., ERMENTROUT, G. B., KIEMEL, T., KOPELL, N., MELLEN, N., SIGVARDT, K. A., AND WILLIAMS, T. L. Modelling of intersegmental coordination in the lamprey central pattern generator for locomotion. Trends Neurosci. 15: 434-438, 1992.
10. COHEN, A. H., HOLMES, P. J., AND RAND, R. H. The nature of the coupling between segmental oscillators of the lamprey spinal generator for locomotion: a mathematical model. J. Math. Biol. 13: 345-369, 1982.
11. COHEN, A. H. AND KIEMEL, T. Intersegmental coordination: lessons from modeling systems of coupled non-linear oscillators. Am. Zool. 33: 54-65, 1993.
12. DALE, N. Excitatory synaptic drive for swimming mediated by amino acid receptors in the lamprey. J. Neurosci. 6: 2662-2675, 1986.
13. ERMENTROUT, G. B. AND KOPELL, N. Oscillator death in systems of coupled neural oscillators. SIAM J. Appl. Math. 125-146, 1990.
14. ERMENTROUT, G. B. AND KOPELL, N. Multiple pulse interaction and averaging in coupled neural oscillators. J. Math. Biol. 29: 195-217, 1991.
15. FRIESEN, W. O. AND PEARCE, R. A. Mechanisms of intersegmental coordination in leech locomotion. Semin. Neurosci. 5: 41-47, 1993.
16. GRILLNER, S. Control of locomotion in bipeds, tetrapods, and fish. In: Handbook of Physiology. The Nervous System. Motor Control. Bethesda, MD: Am. Physiol. Soc., 1981, sect. 1, vol. II, part 2, p. 1179-1236.
17. GRILLNER, S., DELIAGINA, T., EKEBERG, O., EL MANIRA, A., LANSNER, A., ORLOVSKY, G. N., AND WALLEN, P. Neural networks that co-ordinate locomotion and body orientation in lamprey. Trends Neurosci. 18: 270-279, 1995.
18. GRILLNER, S., MATSUSHIMA, T., WADDEN, T., TEGNÉR, J., EL MANIRA, A., AND WALLÉN, P. The neurophysiological bases of undulatory locomotion in vertebrates. Semin. Neurosci. 5: 17-27, 1993.
19. GRILLNER, S., MCCLELLAN, A. D., SIGVARDT, K. A., WALLÉN, P., AND WILLIAMS, T. L. On the neural generation of "fictive locomotion" in a lower vertebrate nervous system in vitro. In: Brain Stem Control of Spinal Mechanisms, edited by B. Sjolund and A. Bjorklund. New York: Elsevier, 1982, p. 273-295.
20. GRILLNER, S., WALLÉN, P., BRODIN, L., AND LANSNER, A. Neuronal network generating locomotor behavior in lamprey: circuitry, transmitters, membrane properties, and simulation. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 14: 169-199, 1991.
21. HAGEVIK, H. AND MCCLELLAN, A. D. Coupling of spinal locomotor networks in larval lamprey revealed by receptor blockers for inhibitory amino acids: neurophysiology and computer modeling. J. Neurophysiol. 72: 1810-1829, 1994.
22. KOPELL, N. AND ERMENTROUT, G. B. Symmetry and phase locking in chains of weakly coupled oscillators. Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 39: 623-660, 1986.
23. KOPELL, N. AND ERMENTROUT, G. B. Coupled oscillators and the design of central pattern generators. Math. Biosci. 90: 87-109, 1988.
24. KOPELL, N. AND ERMENTROUT, G. B. Phase transitions and other phenomena in chains of coupled oscillators. SIAM J. Appl. Math. 50: 1014-1052, 1990.
25. KOPELL, N., ERMENTROUT, G. B., AND WILLIAMS, T. L. On chains of oscillators forced at one end. SIAM J. Appl. Math. 51: 1397-1417, 1990.
26. MATSUSHIMA, T. AND GRILLNER, S. Intersegmental co-ordination of undulatory movements - a "trailing oscillator" hypothesis. NeuroReport 1:97-100, 1990.
27. MATSUSHIMA, T. AND GRILLNER, S. Neural mechanisms of intersegmental coordination in lamprey: local excitability changes modify the phase coupling along the spinal cord. J. Neurophysiol. 67: 373-388, 1992a.
28. MATSUSHIMA, T. AND GRILLNER, S. Local serotonergic modulation of calcium-dependent potassium channels controls intersegmental coordination in the lamprey spinal cord. J. Neurophysiol. 67: 1683-1690, 1992b.
29. MELLEN, N., KIEMEL, T., AND COHEN, A. H. Correlational analysis of fictive swimming in the lamprey reveals strong functional intersegmental coupling. J. Neurophysiol. 73: 1020-1030, 1995.
30. MILLER, W. L., GORMLEY, K. M., SIGVARDT, K. A., AND WILLIAMS, T. L. Role of long-range coupling in intersegmental coordination: variability in properties of fictive locomotion depends on length of in vitro lamprey spinal cord preparation. In: Nervous Systems and Behavior. Fourth International Congress of Neuroethology, edited by M. Burrows, T. Matheson, P. L. Newland, and H. Schuppe. Stuttgart, Germany: Thieme, 1995, p. 452.
31. MILLER, W. L. AND SIGVARDT, K. A. Effect of eliminating short-range coupling on intersegmental coordination in the lamprey locomotor central pattern generator. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Neurons, Networks and Motor Behavior, edited P. S. G. Stein, S. Grillner, A. I. Selverston, and D. G. Stuart. Tucson, AZ: Univ. of Arizona, 1995, p. 41.
32. ROVAINEN, C. M. Synaptic interactions of identified nerve cells in the spinal cord of the sea lamprey. J. Comp. Neurol. 154: 189-206, 1974.
33. ROVAINEN, C. M. Effects of groups of propriospinal interneurons on fictive swimming in the isolated spinal cord of the lamprey. J. Neurophysiol. 54: 299-317, 1985.
34. SIGVARDT, K. A. Intersegmental coordination in the lamprey central pattern generator for locomotion. Semin. Neurosci. 5: 3-15, 1993.
35. SIGVARDT, K. A., KOPELL, N., ERMENTROUT, G. B., AND REMLER, M. P. Effects of local oscillator frequency on intersegmental coordination in the lamprey locomotor CPG: theory and experiment. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 17: 122, 1991.
36. SIGVARDT, K. A. AND WILLIAMS, T. L. Models of central pattern generators as oscillators: mathematical analysis and simulations of the lamprey locomotor CPG. Semin. Neurosci. 4: 37-46, 1992.
37. TEGNÉR, J., MATSUSHIMA, T., EL MANIRA, A., AND GRILLNER, S. The spinal GABA system modulates burst frequency and intersegmental coordination in the lamprey: differential effects of GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptors. J. Neurophysiol. 69: 647-657, 1993.
38. TUNSTALL, M. J. AND ROBERTS, A. A longitudinal gradient of synaptic drive in the spinal cord of Xenopus embryos and its role in co-ordination of swimming. J. Physiol Lond. 474: 393-405, 1994.
39. TUNSTALL, M. J. AND SILLAR, K. T. Physiological and developmental aspects of intersegmental coordination in Xenopus embryos and tadpoles. Semin. Neurosci. 5: 29-40, 1993.
40. WALLÉN, P. AND WILLIAMS, T. L. Fictive locomotion in the lamprey spinal cord in vitro compared with swimming in the intact and spinal animal. J. Physiol. Lond. 347: 225-239, 1984.
41. WILLIAMS, T. L. Phase coupling in simulated chains of coupled oscillators representing the lamprey spinal cord. Neural Comput. 4:546-558, 1992a.
42. WILLIAMS, T. L. Phase coupling by synaptic spread in systems of coupled neuronal oscillators. Science Wash. DC 258: 662-665, 1992b.
43. WILLIAMS, T. L. AND SIGVARDT, K. A. Effects of local oscillator frequencies on phase lag in simulated chains of coupled oscillators. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 19: 1702, 1993.
44. WILLIAMS, T. L. AND SIGVARDT, K. A. Intersegmental phase lags in the lamprey spinal cord: experimental confirmation of the existence of a boundary region. J. Comput. Neurosci. 1: 61-67, 1994.
45. WILLIAMS, T. L. AND SIGVARDT, K. A. Spinal cord of lamprey: generation of locomotor patterns. In: The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, edited by M. A. Arbib. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, p. 918-921.
46. WILLIAMS, T. L., SIGVARDT, K. A., KOPELL, N., ERMENTROUT, G. B., AND REMLER, M. P. Forcing of coupled nonlinear oscillators: studies of intersegmental coordination in the lamprey locomotor central pattern generator. J. Neurophysiol. 64: 862-871, 1990.