Identication of novel spinal cord neuronal types and the developmental mechanisms of their specialization

GUILLERMO MARCOS LANUZA; CARCAGNO, A.L.; DI BELLA, D.; BARTOLOMEU, L.

Washington

Simposio; Neuroscience Meeting. Symposium: Delineating the Diversity of Spinal Interneurons; 2017

Society for Neuroscience

Spinal interneuronal circuits control locomotion. One important breakthrough in understanding the organization of locomotor circuits was the discovery of genetically-defined interneuron classes. However, the recent identification of distinct subsets of interneurons within each cardinal class has posed urgent questions that will be addressed in this minisymposium, including how to discern and define these subpopulations, the specific role each plays during locomotion, and how they are formed during development.