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Nature Neuroscience 10, 940 - 941 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn0807-940
Walking the walk
R Christopher Miall1
- R. Christopher Miall is in the Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. e-mail: r.c.miall@bham.ac.uk
Abstract
Central pattern generators provide the basic stepping pattern in walking, but cannot adjust for the environment. A new study of human locomotion shows a pattern of changes in independent neural controllers for left and right legs.
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