A Dynamic Body Model of the Nematode C. elegans with Neural Oscillators

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-326

  Suzuki, Michiyo ^a   Goto, Takeshi ^a   Tsuji, Toshio ^a   Ohtake, Hisao ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans; computer simulation; dynamic body model; neural circuit model; neural oscillator

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION;

BODY MODELS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIRCUIT MODELING; DYNAMIC BODY MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS; NEURAL CIRCUIT MODEL; NEURAL CIRCUITS; NEURAL OSCILLATOR; SIMPLE++;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 33947705803     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2005.p0318     Document Type: Article

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