NEURAL CONTROL OF LOCOMOTION

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NEURAL CONTROL OF LOCOMOTION

• By
• Rukayat Salako
• Tai Stella.

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Basic Unit of the Nervous System

• Nervous Tissue
• Neurons
• Galial Cells
• Types of Neuron
• Sensory Neuron
• Motor Neuron
• Interneuron

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Nervous System
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PARTS OF NEURON

• Dendrites
• The Cell body
• Axon

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Reflexes

• Simple Reflex
• Two Neurons (motor and sensory neuron)
• Complex Reflex
• Three or more neurons
• Presence of interneuron

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Center Pattern Generator
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Treadmill Training

• Low spinal cat
• Alternating flexion and extension
• After training on the treadmill, it show same
  flexion and extension like intact cat
• Spinal Injured human
• Trained with treadmill
• Must have body support

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Central Nervous System

• Spinal Cord
• Motor Cortex
• Cerebellum
• Basal Ganglia

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Central Nervous System (cont.)
Cerebellum
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Central Nervous System (cont.)
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Neurological Disorders

• Stroke
• motor cortex
• Cerebral Palsy
• motor cortex

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Neurological Disorders

• Multiple Sclerosis - Cerebellum
• Parkinsons Disease - Basal Ganglia
• Polymyositis - Lower Motor Neurons

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Neurological Disorders

• Amyotrophic
• lateral sclerosis
• (ALS, Lou Gehrigs)
• Lower Motor
• Neurons