Axial dynamics during locomotion in vertebrates. lesson from the salamander

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue C, 2010, Pages 149-162

  Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^b   Ijspeert, Auke ^a   Lamarque, Stéphanie ^a   Ryczko, Dimitri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial networks; Dynamical systems; Locomotion; Salamander

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY MOVEMENT; BOOK; DYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 78649460900     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53613-6.00010-1     Document Type: Chapter

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