The role of innate motor patterns in ontogenetic and experiential development of intelligent use of sticks in cebus monkeys

2010 ◽  
pp. 219-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Taylor Parker ◽  
Patricia Poti'
Keyword(s):  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Cebus Monkeys

Role of the Vagus Nerve in Fasted and Postprandial Gastic Motor Patterns in the House Musk Shrew ( Suncus Murinus ), a Small Laboratory Animal

2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. S-866
Author(s):  
Yuki Miyano ◽  
Zuoyun Xie ◽  
Anupom Mondal ◽  
Kazuya Nishina ◽  
Sen-ichi Oda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Laboratory Animal ◽  
Small Laboratory Animal ◽  
Small Laboratory ◽  
Suncus Murinus ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Musk Shrew

Is nitric oxide the final mediator regulating the migrating myoelectric complex cycle?

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (2) ◽  
pp. G207-G214 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rodriguez-Membrilla ◽  
V. Martinez ◽  
M. Jimenez ◽  
E. Gonalons ◽  
P. Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Small Intestine ◽  
Motor Pattern ◽  
No Synthase ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
No Donor ◽  
Postprandial State ◽  
Synthase Inhibitor

The main objective was to study the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the conversion of migrating myoelectric complexes (MMC) to the irregular electrical activity characteristic of the postprandial state. Both rats and chickens were implanted with electrodes for electromyography in the small intestine. Intravenous infusion of NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), a NO synthase inhibitor, induced an organized MMC-like pattern in fed rats. Infusion of sodium nitroprusside, a NO donor, disrupted the MMC, inducing a postprandial-like motor pattern in fasting rats. Similarly, in chickens L-NNA mimicked the fasting pattern, consisting of a shortening of phase II, enlargement of phase III, orad displacement of the origin of the MMC, and an increase in the speed of phase III propagation. An inhibition of NO synthesis seems to be involved in the induction of the fasting motor pattern, whereas an increase of NO mediates the occurrence of the fed pattern. It is suggested that NO might be the final mediator in the control of small intestine motor patterns.

Recognition of a Writer as a Function of His Method of Writing

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Stockholm
Keyword(s):  
Motor Patterns

The role of the unique motor patterns expressed in handwriting was studied by testing whether 12 judges matched the deviant and normal specimens of handwriting by individuals. Deviant handwriting specimens were produced by four methods. Mean total recognition scores for all five methods were significantly above chance expectation of one-fifth.

Caudate nucleus and programming behaviour in cats: Role of dopamine in switching motor patterns

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Jaspers ◽  
M. Schwarz ◽  
K.H. Sontag ◽  
A.R. Cools
Keyword(s):  
Caudate Nucleus ◽  
Motor Patterns

Changes in colonic motility following abdominal irradiation in dogs

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (6) ◽  
pp. G1024-G1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Summers ◽  
B. Hayek
Keyword(s):  
Colonic Motility ◽  
Mean Amplitude ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Colonic Motor ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Irradiation Dosage ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Giant Migrating Contractions

The purpose of the study was to compare colonic motor patterns before and after a single abdominal dose of X-rays in dogs. Recordings were made from five serosally implanted strain gauges at equidistant intervals along the colon in seven dogs (2 dogs also had 2 jejunal electrodes and 1 had ileal electrodes). Control recordings were made for 3 h in the fasted state and daily for 2 wk after an absorbed X-ray dose of 938 cGy was delivered to the abdomen. The duration of migrating colonic motor complexes decreased from 7.2 +/- 0.5 to 3.9 +/- 0.4 min while the mean amplitude fell from 10.3 +/- 0.6 to 1.8 +/- 0.2 g (P < 0.05). The rate of nonmigrating colonic motor complex occurrence increased from 0.6 +/- 0.1 to 1.2 +/- 0.2 per hour (P < 0.05). Colonic giant migrating contractions were rarely observed during control recordings (2 in 80 h of recording). In contrast, repetitive clusters of giant contractions were observed 5-8 days after exposure in five of seven dogs (1.5/h) and were associated with restlessness, whining, and passage of diarrheal stools (sometimes bloody) with nearly every occurrence. The basic colonic motility patterns were less disrupted than were jejunal myoelectric patterns at the same irradiation dosage. However, the study demonstrates the important role of colonic giant migrating contractions in pathological diarrheal states such as irradiation injury.

scholarly journals A model of the enteric neural circuitry underlying the generation of rhythmic motor patterns in the colon: the role of serotonin

2017 ◽  
Vol 312 (1) ◽  
pp. G1-G14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Keith Smith ◽  
Sang Don Koh
Keyword(s):  
Glial Cells ◽  
Motor Neurons ◽  
Circular Muscle ◽  
Tonic Inhibition ◽  
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Motor Behaviors ◽  
Rhythmic Motor ◽  
Colonic Motor

We discuss the role of multiple cell types involved in rhythmic motor patterns in the large intestine that include tonic inhibition of the muscle layers interrupted by rhythmic colonic migrating motor complexes (CMMCs) and secretomotor activity. We propose a model that assumes these motor patterns are dependent on myenteric descending 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) interneurons. Asynchronous firing in 5-HT neurons excite inhibitory motor neurons (IMNs) to generate tonic inhibition occurring between CMMCs. IMNs release mainly nitric oxide (NO) to inhibit the muscle, intrinsic primary afferent neurons (IPANs), glial cells, and pacemaker myenteric pacemaker interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC-MY). Mucosal release of 5-HT from enterochromaffin (EC) cells excites the mucosal endings of IPANs that synapse with 5-HT descending interneurons and perhaps ascending interneurons, thereby coupling EC cell 5-HT to myenteric 5-HT neurons, synchronizing their activity. Synchronized 5-HT neurons generate a slow excitatory postsynaptic potential in IPANs via 5-HT7 receptors and excite glial cells and ascending excitatory nerve pathways that are normally inhibited by NO. Excited glial cells release prostaglandins to inhibit IMNs (disinhibition) to allow full excitation of ICC-MY and muscle by excitatory motor neurons (EMNs). EMNs release ACh and tachykinins to excite pacemaker ICC-MY and muscle, leading to the simultaneous contraction of both the longitudinal and circular muscle layers. Myenteric 5-HT neurons also project to the submucous plexus to couple motility with secretion, especially during a CMMC. Glial cells are necessary for switching between different colonic motor behaviors. This model emphasizes the importance of myenteric 5-HT neurons and the likely consequence of their coupling and uncoupling to mucosal 5-HT by IPANs during colonic motor behaviors.

scholarly journals Interstitial cells of Cajal and human colon motility in health and disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan D. Huizinga ◽  
Amer Hussain ◽  
Ji-Hong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Interstitial Cells Of Cajal ◽  
Colonic Motility ◽  
Human Colon ◽  
Interstitial Cells ◽  
Motor Dysfunction ◽  
Slow Transit Constipation ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Colonic Motor ◽  
Cells Of Cajal

Our understanding of human colonic motility, and autonomic reflexes that generate motor patterns, has increased markedly through high-resolution manometry. Details of the motor patterns are emerging related to frequency and propagation characteristics that allow linkage to interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) networks. In studies on colonic motor dysfunction requiring surgery, ICC are almost always abnormal or significantly reduced. However, there are still gaps in our knowledge about the role of ICC in the control of colonic motility and there is little understanding of a mechanistic link between ICC abnormalities and colonic motor dysfunction. This review will outline the various ICC networks in the human colon and their proven and likely associations with the enteric and extrinsic autonomic nervous systems. Based on our extensive knowledge of the role of ICC in the control of gastrointestinal motility of animal models and the human stomach and small intestine, we propose how ICC networks are underlying the motor patterns of the human colon. The role of ICC will be reviewed in the autonomic neural reflexes that evoke essential motor patterns for transit and defecation. Mechanisms underlying ICC injury, maintenance, and repair will be discussed. Hypotheses are formulated as to how ICC dysfunction can lead to motor abnormalities in slow transit constipation, chronic idiopathic pseudo-obstruction, Hirschsprung's disease, fecal incontinence, diverticular disease, and inflammatory conditions. Recent studies on ICC repair after injury hold promise for future therapies.

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