Coordination of neck and hindlimb extension during the initiation of locomotion elicited by hypothalamic stimulation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 289-295

  Sinnamon, H M ^a   Polania, L M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head movement; Hindlimbs; Hypothalamus; Locomotion; Posture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031422029     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00089-2     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Sinnamon H.M. Preoptic and hypothalamic neurons and the initiation of locomotion in the anaesthetized rat. Prog. Neurobiol. 41:1993;223-244.
2. Epuru D.R., Liang H.H., Sinnamon H.M. Neural activity in the midbrain correlated with hindlimb extension initiated by locomotor stimulation of the hypothalamus of the anaesthetized rat. Neuroscience. 64:1994;507-524.
3. Fukushima K. The interstitial nucleus of Cajal and its role in the control of movements of head and eyes. Prog. Neurobiol. 29:1987;107-192.
4. Graf W., de Waele C., Vidal P.P., Evinger C. The orientation of the cervical vertebral column in unrestrained awake animals II. Movement strategies. Brain Behav. Evolution. 45:1995;209-231.
5. Mori S. Integration of posture and locomotion in acute decerebrate cats and in awake, freely moving cats. Prog. Neurobiol. 28:1987;161-195.
6. Mori S., Sakamoto T., Ohta Y., Takakusaki K., Matsuyama K. Site-specific postural and locomotor changes evoked in awake, freely moving intact cats by stimulating the brainstem. Brain Res. 505:1989;66-74.
7. Cohen A.H., Gans C. Muscle activity in rat locomotion: Movement analysis and electrophysiology of the flexors and extensors of the elbow. J. Morphol. 146:1975;177-196.
8. Burleigh A.L., Horak F.B., Malquin F. Modification of postural responses and step initiation: Evidence for goal-directed postural interactions. J. Neurophysiol. 72:1994;2892-2902.
9. Christopher S.M., Butter C.M. Consummatory behaviours and locomotor exploration evoked from self-stimulation sites in rats. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 66:1968;335-339.
10. Lammers J.H.C.M., Kruk M.R., Meelis W., van der Poel A.M. Hypothalamic substrates for brain stimulation-induced patterns of locomotion and escape jumps in the rat. Brain Res. 449:1988;294-310.
11. Sklow B., Sinnamon H.M. Initiation and execution of locomotion elicited by diencephalic stimulation: Regional differences in response to nembutal. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 36:1990;719-724.
12. Folkow B., Rubinstein E.H. Behavioural and autonomic patterns evoked by stimulation of the lateral hypothalamic area in the cat. Acta Physiologica. 65:1965;292-299.
13. Berntson G.G., Hughes H.C., Beattie M.S. A comparison of hypothalamically induced biting attack with natural predatory behavior in the cat. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 90:1976;167-178.
14. Trank T., Chen C., Smith J.L. Forms of forward quadrupedal locomotion. I. A comparison of posture, hindlimb kinematics and motor patterns for normal and crouched walking. J. Neurophysiol. 76:1996;2316-2326.
15. DiScala G., Schmitt P., Karli P. Flight induced by infusion of bicuculline methiodide into periventricular structures. Brain Res. 309:1984;199-208.
16. Parker S.M., Sinnamon H.M. Forward locomotion elicited by electrical stimulation in the diencephalon and mesencephalon of the awake rat. Physiol. Behav. 31:1983;581-587.
17. Duan Y.F., Winters R., McCabe P.M., Green E.J., Huang Y. Behavioral characteristics of defense and vigilance reactions elicited by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus in rabbits. Behav. Brain Res. 81:1996;33-41.
18. Paul L., Calabrese F. The development of self-reinforcing running in satiated rats. Anim. Learn. Behav. 1:1973;268-272.
19. Lockard D.E., Traher L.M., Wetzel M.C. Reinforcement influences upon topography of treadmill locomotion by cats. Physiol. Behav. 16:1976;141-146.
20. Golani I., Wolgin D., Teitelbaum P. A proposed natural geometry of recovery from akinesia in the lateral hypothalamic rat. Brain Res. 164:1979;237-267.
21. G. Paxinos, C. Watson, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Academic, Sydney, 1986.