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Journal of Experimental Biology 39,239-242 (1962)
Published by Company of Biologists 1962

Innervation of Locomotor Movements by the Lumbosacral Cord in Birds and Mammals

J. TEN CATE ¹

¹ Physiological Laboratory, University of Amsterdam

1. The locomotory movements of the hind limb of the spinal cat have been studied with the animal supported on a wheeled carriage so that the soles of the hind feet rest upon the ground.

2. Locomotory movements of the hind limbs do not occur spontaneously, but only in response to stimulation of proprioceptors and exteroceptors. Such stimulation is provided by locomotory movements of the fore limbs or by forward movement of the carriage. After cessation of these stimulatory movements the locomotory movements of the hind limbs are not maintained.

3. In these respects the spinal cat differs from the spinal pigeon, and it is suggested that the greater autonomy of the lumbosacral cord in the latter is related to its bipedal gait.

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