Neuromuscular control of wingbeat kinematics in Anna's hummingbirds (CaIypte anna)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2507-2514

  Altshuler, Douglas L ^a   Welch Jr , Kenneth C ^a,d   Cho, Brian H ^a,e   Welch, Danny B ^a   Lin, Amy F ^b   Dickson, William B ^c   Dickinson, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anna's hummingbirds; Calypte anna; Electromyography; Heliox; Load lifting; Stroke amplitude; Wingbeat frequency

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PERIODICITY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; WING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

ANNA; CALYPTE ANNA; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954059643     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043497     Document Type: Article

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