Principles of Interneuron Development Learned from Renshaw Cells and the Motoneuron Recurrent Inhibitory Circuit
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2013
Abstract
Renshaw cells provide a convenient model to study spinal circuit development during the emergence of motor behaviors with the goal of capturing principles of interneuron specification and circuit construction. This work is facilitated by a long history of research that generated essential knowledge about the characteristics that define Renshaw cells and the recurrent inhibitory circuit they form with motoneurons. In this review, we summarize recent data on the specification of Renshaw cells and their connections. A major insight from these studies is that the basic Renshaw cell phenotype is specified before circuit assembly, a result of their early neurogenesis and migration. Connectivity is later added, constrained by their placement in the spinal cord. Finally, different rates of synapse proliferation alter the relative weights of different inputs on postnatal Renshaw cells. Based on this work some general principles on the integration of spinal interneurons in developing motor circuits are derived.
Repository Citation
Alvarez, F. J.,
Benito-Gonzalez, A.,
& Siembab, V. C.
(2013). Principles of Interneuron Development Learned from Renshaw Cells and the Motoneuron Recurrent Inhibitory Circuit. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1279 (1), 22-31.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/ncbp/527
DOI
10.1111/nyas.12084
