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Dec 10, 2012

Designing an electronic circuit model of the CPG with the afferent stimulation

Transactions of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering
  • Masahito Kubota
  • ,
  • Yoshinobu Maeda
  • ,
  • Akira Tsukada

Volume
50
Number
6
First page
620
Last page
628
Language
Japanese
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.11239/jsmbe.50.620
Publisher
Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

Rhythm in biology such as walking patterns (gait) is thought as being controlled by a neural network called central pattern generator, or CPG. However, its mechanism from a viewpoint of physiology has not been clear. Rybak et al. (2006) proposed a neural network model of the CPG using Hodgkin-Huxley type equations, and showed that the dynamics calculated by their model reproduced the experimental results using the decerebrate cat. Furthermore, they made several improvements on their model by means of adding the afferent stimulations from the extensor and flexor sites. In this paper, we constructed a similar network model from the viewpoint of the electronic circuit design, and, as such, reproduce completely the dynamics obtained from Rybak's mathematical model. Using such hardware simulations, one can design and control walking patterns of the locomotion robot without using software program, and implement its real-time simulation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.11239/jsmbe.50.620
CiNii Articles
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/130004947548
URL
https://jlc.jst.go.jp/DN/JALC/10016417013?from=CiNii
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  • DOI : 10.11239/jsmbe.50.620
  • ISSN : 1347-443X
  • CiNii Articles ID : 130004947548

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