This article is worth your time to read... click the link below and here are some bits that floored me: "For years, scientists had assumed that the spinal cord was nothing more than a glorified telephone line carrying messages to and from the brain. The generally accepted wisdom was that the brain provided instructions for motion, from the voluntary “pick up the ball” to the involuntary “ouch, step off of that sharp tack.” ... "...Edgerton and his colleagues have shown that the spinal cord is smart in much the same way the brain is smart: It can, on its own, detect sensory information and send out signals that control the way we move..." "the sensory signal to walk was coming from weight on the paws, instead of from the brain."
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:31:09 +0000
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