Research Interests:
Neurophysiology of movement, in particular brainstem control of locomotion in mammals and
Amphibia

Recent publications:

• Recognizing propriospinal and reticulospinal systems of initiation of stepping. Motor Control (1997), 1: 310 - 313
• Locomotor patterns elicited by electrical stimulation of the brain stem in the mudpuppy. Motor Control (1997), 1: 354 - 368
• I. Bar-Gad, I. Kagan, M.L.Shik (1999) Behavior of hindbrain neurons during the transition from rest to evoked locomotion in a newt. Progress in Brain Research, Ed. M.D. Binder, vol. 123: 285-294