Jumping and kicking in the false stick insect Prosarthria teretrirostris: Kinematics and motor control

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1519-1530

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a   Wolf, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

False stick insect; Joint mechanics; Locust; Motor neuron; Motor pattern; Prosarthria teretrirostris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0036022038     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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