AnimatLab: A 3D graphics environment for neuromechanical simulations

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 280-288

  Cofer, David ^a   Cymbalyuk, Gennady ^a   Reid, James ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Heitler, William J ^b   Edwards, Donald H ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Human; Invertebrate; Neuromechanics; Reflex; Simulation; Stretch; Vertebrate; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVERTEBRATE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERTEBRATE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMALS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77249166033     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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