Intersegmental coupling and recovery from perturbations in freely running cockroaches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 285-297

  Couzin Fuchs, Einat ^a,b   Kiemel, Tim ^c   Gal, Omer ^b   Ayali, Amir ^b   Holmes, Philip ^a,d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Intersegmental coordination; Leg perturbation; Locomotion; Phase oscillators

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; ELAGATIS;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACH; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COCKROACHES; EXTREMITIES; RUNNING;

EID: 84925989753     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.112805     Document Type: Article

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