A generalized locomotion CPG architecture based on oscillatory building blocks

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-42

  Yang, Zhijun ^a   França, Felipe M G ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; GAIT ANALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS; NEUROLOCOMOTION SYSTEM; OSCILLATORY BUILDING BLOCK; SCHEDULING BY MULTIPLE EDGE REVERSAL;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMALIA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0042420449     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0409-7     Document Type: Article

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