The biomechanical and neural control of hydrostatic limb movements in Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3043-3053

  Mezoff, Sheri ^a   Papastathis, Nicole ^a   Takesian, Anne ^a   Trimmer, Barry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Manduca sexta; Motor inhibition; Muscle; Nerve; Planta retractor muscle; Proleg adduction; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; MANDUCA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 5444248007     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01136     Document Type: Article

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