Load compensation in targeted limb movements of an insect

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3175-3186

  Matheson, Tom ^a   Dürr, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coordination; Insect; Load compensation; Locust; Motor control; Reaching; Schistocerca gregaria; Scratching; Sensory feedback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; STIMULATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0141525437     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00534     Document Type: Article

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