The vertebrate spinal cord comprises multiple functionally distinct neuronal cell types
arranged in characteristic positions. During development, these different types of neurons …

The neural circuits governing vital behaviors, such as respiration and locomotion, are
comprised of discrete neuronal populations residing within the brainstem and spinal cord …

The spinal cord is a fascinating structure that is responsible for coordinating movement in
vertebrates. Spinal motor neurons control muscle activity by transmitting signals from the …

Proprioception, the perception of body and limb position, is mediated by proprioceptors,
specialized mechanosensory neurons that convey information about the stretch and tension …

The coordinated spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression in the vertebrate neural
tube determines the identity of neural progenitors and the function and physiology of the …

Animals generate movement by engaging spinal circuits that direct precise sequences of
muscle contraction, but the identity and organizational logic of local interneurons that lie at …

Mammalian motor behavior is enabled by a hierarchy of interleaved circuit modules
constructed by interneurons in the spinal cord, sensory feedback loops, and bilateral …

Proprioceptive feedback mainly derives from groups Ia and II muscle spindle (MS) afferents
and group Ib Golgi tendon organ (GTO) afferents, but the molecular correlates of these three …

Neuroepithelial attachments at adherens junctions are essential for the self-renewal of
neural stem and progenitor cells and the polarized organization of the developing central …

Sensory-motor circuits in the spinal cord are constructed with a fine specificity that
coordinates motor behavior, but the mechanisms that direct sensory connections with their …