Distributed processing on the basis of parallel and antagonistic pathways simulation of the femur-tibia control system in the stick insect

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-198

  Sauer, A E ^a   Driesang, R B ^b   Buschges A ^a   Bassler U ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b Institut für Physiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neural basis of behavior; Neuronal network; Parliamentary principle; Reflex pathway; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BONE; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING; LEVEL-1; NEURAL BASE OF BEHAVIOR; NEURONAL NETWORKS; PARALLEL PATHWAYS; PARLIAMENTARY PRINCIPLE; REAL SYSTEMS; REFLEX PATHWAY; SENSORY INFORMATION; SIMULATION;

NEURONS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMUR; INSECT; JOINT FUNCTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; TIBIA;

EID: 0029761948     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00161131     Document Type: Article

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