Caenorhabditis elegans body wall muscles are simple actuators

BioSystems

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 170-181

  Boyle, Jordan H ^a   Cohen, Netta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body wall muscles; Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion; Conductance based models; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GAP JUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 53749086151     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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