Kinematic models of the buccal mass of Aplysia californica

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1563-1583

  Drushel, Richard F ^a   Neustadter, David M ^b,d   Hurwitz, Itay ^c,e   Crago, Patrick E ^b   Chiel, Hillel J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Elscint Ltd   (Israel)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; Behaviour; Biomechanics; Computational neuroethology; Feeding; Kinematic modelling; Muscular hydrostat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOWING;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; MOLLUSCA; ODONTOPHORA;

EID: 0032077771     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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