Interjoint coordination in the stick insect leg-control system: The role of positional signaling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1245-1255

  Bucher, Dirk ^a   Akay, Turgay ^a   DiCaprio, Ralph A ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMUR; INSECT; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SPIKE WAVE; TIBIA; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECTS; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCLES; PERIODICITY; PILOCARPINE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REST;

EID: 0037338881     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00637.2002     Document Type: Article

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