Symmetry in locomotor central pattern generators and animal gaits

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6754, 1999, Pages 693-695

  Golubitsky, Martin ^a   Stewart, Ian ^b   Buono, Pletro Luclano ^b   Collins, J J ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033554720     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44416     Document Type: Article

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