Altering the behavior of circuits
What happens when we want to hop like a rabbit?
The brain sends commands to the spinal cord that activate circuits on both sides of the body, while weakening the crossed inhibitory connections.
This activates the muscles on opposite sides of the body simultaneously.
A diagram of two different colored circles, one labeled Left and the other labeled Right. The circles each have a horizontal T-shaped projection extending in the direction of the other circle.
A diagram of two blue circles, one labeled Left and the other labeled Right. The circles each have a horizontal T-shaped projection extending in the direction of the other circle. Above the two circles is a yellow rectangle labeled Brain with 4 arrows projecting from it, one toward each circle and one toward each projection. The arrows pointing toward the circles are labeled with plus signs and the arrows pointing toward the projections are labeled with minus signs.