Shifts in a single muscle's control potential of body dynamics are determined by mechanical feedback

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1570, 2011, Pages 1606-1620

  Sponberg, Simon ^a   Libby, Thomas ^a   Mullens, Chris H ^b   Full, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Muscle; Neuromechanics; Posture; Running; Work loop

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; COCKROACH; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; POSTURE;

BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA;

EID: 79955422386     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0368     Document Type: Article

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