{"665005":{"#nid":"665005","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Cats land on their feet, which could help humans walk better","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe legendary ability of cats to fall back on their paws could one day help humans walk better after a spinal cord injury, according to research done at the Universit\u0026eacute; de Sherbrooke.\u0026nbsp;The knowledge could also help seniors whose sense of balance is more precarious.\u0026nbsp;In collaboration with researchers from Georgia Tech and Drexel, the Sherbrooke researchers\u0026nbsp;wanted to better understand how what science calls a\u0026nbsp;somatosensory return allows a\u0026nbsp;cat to coordinate the movement of its four legs. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/boris-prilutsky\u0022\u003EBoris Prilutsky\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, collaborated on the research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-23 19:01:09","changed_gmt":"2023-01-23 19:08:26","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/actualites\/sciences\/2023-01-17\/travaux-de-l-universite-de-sherbrooke\/les-chats-retombent-sur-leurs-pattes-ce-qui-pourrait-aider-les-humains-a-mieux-marcher.php","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"14478","name":"Boris Prilutsky"},{"id":"170979","name":"spinal cord injuries"},{"id":"2265","name":"balance"},{"id":"109641","name":"cats"},{"id":"191961","name":"somatosensory feedback"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}