%A Prof. Dr.  Uner Tan
%J Frontiers in Neurology
%T Human quadrupedalism is not an epiphenomenon caused
by neurodevelopmental malformation and ataxia
%X Two cases with quadrupedal locomotion (QL) were presented. In both cases, cognitive and psychiatric functions were normal and, no neurological de?cits were observed, except for a sequel paralysis of left leg in Case 2. It was suggested that human QL (1) should not be considered as an epiphenomenon caused by neurodevelopmental malformation and
ataxia, but (2) may be considered as a re-emergence of the ancestral diagonal QL, and (3) it may spontaneously emerge in humans with entirely normal brains, by taking advantage
of neural networks such as central pattern generators that have been preserved for about 400 million years.
%N 154
%K Uner Tan syndrome, quadrupedalism, neural networks, self-organization, evolution, ataxia, cerebellum
%P 1-3
%E Dr. Sibel Karaca
%E Prof. Dr. Meliha Tan
%E Prof. Dr. Uner Tan 
%V 3
%D 2012
%I Frontiers
%L cogprints8982

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