Signals from load sensors underlie interjoint coordination during stepping movements of the stick insect leg

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-51

  Akay, Turgay ^a,c   Haehn, Sebastian ^a   Schmitz, Josef ^b   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSECT; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; INSECTS; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 3042638813     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01271.2003     Document Type: Article

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