Sympotein II - The Nuts & Struts in Animal Locomotion: Getting to the Meat of the Issue

Sanjay Sane,
NCBS-TIFR,
Bangalore

Abstract

Locomotion results from a complex chain of interactions between the animal's nervous system, its musculo-skeletal apparatus and action of moving limbs on their physical medium. In this symposium, we will examine the general biomechanical and neural principles underlying diverse locomotory modes such as walking and running, swimming, flying, etc.

The first section will focus on how moving limbs (legs, fins, wings etc.)interact with their environment to generate the forces required for movement.
The second section will discuss the role of muscles and motor patterns in the actual production of the limb movements.
The third section will look at how motor patterns are generated by the nervous systems, including various central pattern generators, to control the finely controlled and repetitive limb movements during locomotion.

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