Control of stepping velocity in a single insect leg during walking

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1850, 2007, Pages 251-271

  Gabriel, Jens Peter ^a,b   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Afferent feedback; Cycle period; Locomotion; Motor pattern generation; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846278003     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1912     Document Type: Article

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