Neuromuscular control of anguilliform locomotion: Patterns of red and white muscle activity during swimming in the American eel Anguilla rostrata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3245-3256

  Gillis, Gary B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Behaviour; Eel; EMG; Locomotion; Muscle; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032418665     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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