Mechanisms underlying rhythmic locomotion: Dynamics of muscle activation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1955-1964

  Chen, Jun ^a   Tian, Jianghong ^a   Iwasaki, Tetsuya ^b   Friesen, W Otto ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Invertebrate; Leech; Multiplicative structure; Tension model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LEECH; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; LEECHES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES;

HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957522554     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.052787     Document Type: Article

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