Neuromuscular control of aerodynamic forces and moments in the blowfly, Calliphora vicina

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3813-3838

  Balint, Claire N ^a,c   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Calliphora vicina; Insect flight; Kinematics; Motor control; Steering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLY; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; DIPTERA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WING;

CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 10344240970     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01229     Document Type: Article

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