Combined kinematic and electromyographic analyses of proleg function during crawling by the caterpillar Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1031-1039

  Belanger, Jim H ^a,b   Trimmer, Barry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Insect; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; LARVA; MANDUCA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0034486990     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590000160     Document Type: Article

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