Abdicating power for control: A precision timing strategy to modulate function of flight power muscles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1744, 2012, Pages 3958-3966

  Sponberg, S ^a   Daniel, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Manduca; Motor control; Muscle; Neuromechanics; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MOTH; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PRECISION; TORQUE;

EID: 84865370456     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1085     Document Type: Article

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