Insect Flight: From Newton's Law to Neurons

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 281-300

  Wang, Z Jane ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Animal locomotion; Flight reflex; Flight stability and control; Halteres; Motor neurons; Neural feedback control; Physics of behavior; Steering muscles

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; AERODYNAMICS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; MUSCLE; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; FLIGHT REFLEX; FLIGHT STABILITY; HALTERES; MOTOR NEURONS;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84962587700     PISSN: 19475454     EISSN: 19475462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031113-133853     Document Type: Review

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