Inter-leg coordination in the control of walking speed in Drosophila

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 480-491

  Wosnitza, Anne ^a   Bockemüh, Till ^a   Dübbert, Michael ^a   Scholz, Henrike ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inter leg coordination; Motor control; Sensory feedback; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; LEG; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUTATION; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84872505029     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.078139     Document Type: Article

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