Neuromuscular control of free-flight yaw turns in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1766-1774

  Springthorpe, Dwight ^a   Fernández, María José ^b   Hedrick, Tyson L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Insect; Manoeuvring; Neuromechanical; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; WING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 84861128136     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.067355     Document Type: Article

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