Organization of octopus arm movements: A model system for studying the control of flexible arms

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7297-7307

  Gutfreund, Yoram ^a   Flash, Tamar ^b   Yarom, Yosef ^a   Fiorito, Graziano ^c   Segev, Idan ^a   Hochner, Binyamin ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

arm extension; cephalopods; flexible arm; kinematics; motor program; movement control; muscular hydrostat; octopus; reaching movements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINESIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029822066     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07297.1996     Document Type: Article

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