Organizing network action for locomotion: Insights from studying insect walking

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-171

  Büschges, Ansgar ^a   Akay, Turgay ^a   Gabriel, Jens P ^a   Schmidt, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interjoint coordination; Intrajoint control; Motor pattern generation; Sensory feedback; Walking

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVATION; GAIT; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WALKING SPEED;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; WALKING;

EID: 36748999352     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.06.028     Document Type: Review

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