Segment specificity of load signal processing depends on walking direction in the stick insect leg muscle control system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3285-3294

  Akay, Turgay ^a,c   Ludwar, Björn Ch ^a,d   Göritz, Marie L ^a,e   Schmitz, Josef ^b   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaniform sensilla; Locomotion; Pattern generation; Reflex reversal; Sensory feedback; Walking direction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; INSECTS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33947513037     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5202-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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