Nonlinear muscles, passive viscoelasticity and body taper conspire to create neuromechanical phase lags in anguilliform swimmers

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  McMillen, T ^a   Williams, T ^b   Holmes, P ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALCIUM RELEASE; FORCE MODELING; MECHANICAL; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMECHANICS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; PHASE LAGS; REACTION FORCES; TRAVELLING WAVES; VISCOELASTIC ROD;

MUSCLE;

CALCIUM;

ANGUILLIFORM; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMECHANICAL PHASE LAG; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; SIMULATION; SWIMMING; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LAMPREY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME; VISCOSITY;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ICHTHYOMYZON UNICUSPIS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PISCES;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LAMPREYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SWIMMING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 50949102937     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000157     Document Type: Article

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