Sprawling Locomotion in the Lizard Sceloporus clarkii: Speed Modulation of Motor Patterns in a Walking Trot

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 126-138

  Reilly, Stephen M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudofemoralis; Functional morphology; Gastrocnemius; Kinematics; Motor patterns; Sceloporus; Speed modulation; Sprawling locomotion

Indexed keywords

SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS CLARKII; SPINY; SQUAMATA; TRIXIS; VARANUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; LIZARD; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LIZARDS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031614947     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006557     Document Type: Article

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