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Locomotor mimicry is a subtype of Batesian mimicry in which animals avoid predation by mimicking the movements of another species phylogenetically separated. [1] This can be in the form of mimicking a less desirable species or by mimicking the predator itself. [1] Animals can show similarity in swimming, walking, or flying of their model animals.
Motor adaptation, a form of motor learning, is the process of acquiring and restoring locomotor patterns (e.g. leg coordination patterns) through an error-driven learning process. This type of adaptation is context-dependent and hence, is specific to the environment in which the adaptation occurred.
They introduce the idea of "locomotor modules" as anatomical groupings (i.e. two legs) working together as a single functional neuromuscular unit for locomotion. The authors suggest that early Theropods (evolutionary precursors to birds) began with a single locomotor module consisting of the two hind-limbs coupled with the tail. Over time ...
Optogenetic perturbations are also frequently combined with kinematics to study how locomotor behaviors and tasks are affected by the activity of a certain group of neurons. Observations resulting from optogenetic experiments may provide insight into the neural circuitry that underlies different locomotor behaviors.
Hypolocomotion, also known as locomotor hypoactivity, hypoactivity, and decreased locomotor activity, is an effect of certain drugs in animals in which locomotor activity is decreased. [11] It is a characteristic effect of many sedative agents and general anesthetics .
The non-selective serotonin receptor agonists and serotonergic psychedelics LSD and DOI decrease locomotor activity in animals. [13] However, whereas LSD suppresses locomotion at all doses tested, subsequent study found that DOI showed an inverted U-shaped dose–response curve , with stimulation of locomotor activity at low doses and ...
The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement to the body.
The hindlimb CPGs underwent plastic changes after injury, and after locomotor treadmill training any asymmetries in gait disappeared and bilateral locomotion was achieved. A change of gait also results from a change in the signal of CPGs. However, there is an asymmetry in the control of cycle periods in the spinal rhythm generator.