Two locomotor strips in the diencephalon of thalamic cats.

Electrical stimulation of the subthalamic locomotor region (SLR) can induce locomotor movements in thalamic cats. The possibility of inducing locomotor movements from other structures in the diencephalon, using electrical stimulation, was investigated in acute thalamic cats. It was found that the area from which locomotor movements could be elicited, extended caudally to the SLR and formed two strips: (1) the dorsal strip, located at the border of the ventral thalamus and dorsal hypothalamus, and (2) the ventral strip, extending ventrally beneath the red nucleus.