Analysis and modeling of the locomotor central pattern generator as a network of coupled oscillators

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 250-265

  Sigvardt, Karen A ^a,b,c   Miller, William L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OSCILLATOR; PATTERN GENERATOR; PREDICTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032427246     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09054.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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