Neural circuits for peristaltic wave propagation in crawling drosophila larvae: Analysis and modeling

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Gjorgjieva, Julijana ^a,c   Berni, Jimena ^b   Evers, Jan Felix ^b,d   Eglen, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CPG; Drosophila; Sensory feedback; Synchronous; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND MODELING; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CPG; DROSOPHILA; NEURONAL POPULATIONS; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; SPEED OF PROPAGATION; SYNCHRONOUS;

NEURONS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAWLING; DROSOPHILA; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84875352766     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2013.00024     Document Type: Article

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