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Opinion: The cortex as a central pattern generator |
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- suggests functional equivalence between vertebrate spinal cord/brainstem central pattern generator (CPG) circuits and neocortex
- key idea is the production of meaningful patterns of activity in the absence of sensory input
- outlines anatomical ('excitatory core', recurrent excitation, precise connections), biophysical (ion channels, membrane properties, oscillation and synchrony), dynamic (attractor states), and neuromodulatory similarities between these two systems
- argues that neocortex may represent a particularly plastic type of CPG
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