Tethered stick insect walking: A modified slippery surface setup with optomotor stimulation and electrical monitoring of tarsal contact

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-206

  Gruhn, Matthias ^a   Hoffmann, Oliver ^a   Dübbert, Michael ^a   Scharstein, Hans ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carausius; Curve walking; EMG; Invertebrate; Single leg preparation; Slippery surface; Stick insect

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; KINEMATICS; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STANDING; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; INSECTS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 33750945096     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.05.029     Document Type: Article

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