Organisation of the spinal central pattern generators for locomotion in the salamander: Biology and modelling

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-161

  Chevallier, Stéphanie ^a   Jan Ijspeert, Auke ^b   Ryczko, Dimitri ^a   Nagy, Frédéric ^a   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Gait transition; Modelling; Salamander; Swimming; Walking

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; KINEMATICS; LAMPREY; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PATTERN GENERATOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SALAMANDER; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; INSTINCT; LAMPREYS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; URODELA;

EID: 36749038796     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.07.006     Document Type: Review

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