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7813646

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
To use sensory information from the skin to guide motor behaviour the central nervous system must transform sensory coordinates into movement coordinates. As yet, the basic principles of this crucial neural computation are unclear. One motor system suitable as a model for the study of such transformations is the spinal withdrawal reflex system. The spatial organization of the cutaneous input to these reflexes has been characterized, and we now introduce a novel method of motion analysis permitting a quantitative analysis of the spatial input-output relationship in this motor system. For each muscle studied, a "mirror-image" relationship was found between the spatial distribution of reflex gain for cutaneous input and the pattern of cutaneous unloading ensuing on contraction. Thus, there is an "imprint" of the movement pattern on this motor system permitting effective sensorimotor transformation. This imprint may indicate the presence of a learning process which utilizes the sensory feedback ensuing on muscle contraction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0014-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Sensorimotor transformation in a spinal motor system.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't