Sensorimotor Entrainment Of Respiratory And Orofacial Systems In Humans

Abstract

Abstract The motor system is regarded as part of the infrastructure of the body, enabling the organism to locomote, feed, fly, respire, and, in humans, produce speech. The assembly of the neuronal machinery in a number of animal species has shown that motor behavior evolves from dynamic changes that take place at the molecular, cellular, and network level ( Grillner 2001). Some motor behaviors are mediated by central neuronal circuits known as central pattern generators (CPGs). Numerous CPGs have been analyzed, and it is clear that a wide variety of cellular, synaptic, and network properties are involved in modulating the output characteristics of these local networks (Pearson and Gordon 2000).