Emergence of coherent traveling waves controlling quadruped gaits in a two-dimensional spinal cord model

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-32

  Kaske, Alexander ^a   Winberg, Gösta ^a,b   Cöster, Joakim ^a,b  

^a Virtual Genetics AB   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GAIT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

CEREBELLUM; CORTEX; QUADRUPED GAITS; SPINAL CORD; TWO DIMENSIONAL NEURAL NETWORK;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

GAIT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0042768161     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-002-0335-0     Document Type: Article

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