Patterns of arm muscle activation involved in octopus reaching movements

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 5976-5987

  Gutfreund, Yoram ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; EMG; Motor programs; Movement control; Muscle activation; Muscular hydrostats; Octopus; Reaching movements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032146119     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05976.1998     Document Type: Article

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