Neural control of unloaded leg posture and of leg swing in stick insect, cockroach, and mouse differs from that in larger animals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4109-4119

  Hooper, Scott L ^a,b,d   Guschlbauer, Christoph ^b   Blümel, Marcus ^b   Rosenbaum, Philipp ^b   Gruhn, Matthias ^b   Akay, Turgay ^c   Büschges, Ansgar ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Neurosdence Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; INSECT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HORSE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 65249114927     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5510-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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