Pattern generation for stick insect walking movements - Multisensory control of a locomotor program

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-88

  Bässler, Ulrich ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a University of Kaiserslautern ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Pattern generation; Stick insect; Walking

Indexed keywords

INSECT; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; WALKING;

EID: 0032102058     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(98)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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