Multi-joint coordination during walking and foothold searching in the Blaberus cockroach. I. Kinematics and electromyograms

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3323-3336

  Tryba, Andrew K ^a,b   Ritzmann, Roy E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMUR; FOOT; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 0034130538     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.6.3323     Document Type: Article

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