Sensory feedback can coordinate the swimming activity of the leech

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4634-4643

  Yu, Xintian ^a   Nguyen, Binh ^a   Friesen, W Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CPG; Intersegmental coordination; Leech; Locomotion; Oscillator; Sensory feedback; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LEECH; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SWIMMING; VENTRAL ROOT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0033151588     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-11-04634.1999     Document Type: Article

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