Changing motor patterns of the 3rd axillary muscle activities associated with longitudinal control in freely flying hawkmoths

Zoological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-130

  Ando, Noriyasu ^a   Kanzaki, Ryohei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flight muscle; Free flight; Hawkmoth; Muscle potential; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; SPHINGIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLYING; FORELIMB; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTHS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TELEMETRY; WING;

EID: 2642572834     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.123     Document Type: Article

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