Neural mechanism of optimal limb coordination in crustacean swimming

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 13840-13845

  Zhang, Calvin ^a   Guy, Robert D ^a   Mulloney, Brian ^a   Zhang, Qinghai ^b   Lewis, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillators; Locomotion; Metachronal waves; Phase locking

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRUSTACEA; HINDLIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; HINDLIMB; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84899486149     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323208111     Document Type: Article

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