Intersegmental coordination of limb movements during locomotion: Mathematical models predict circuits that drive swimmeret beating

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3831-3842

  Skinner, Frances K ^a,c   Mulloney, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constant phase; Coordination; Excitation; Frequency changes; Interneuron; Mathematical model; Pattern generation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; EXCITATION; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032525246     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03831.1998     Document Type: Article

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