Premotor interneurons in the local control of stepping motor output for the stick insect single middle leg

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1956-1975

  Von Uckermann, Géraldine ^a,b   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UMR 5287   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT; INTERNEURON; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STICK INSECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; HINDLIMB; INSECTS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 70349275253     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00312.2009     Document Type: Article

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