Recovery of locomotion after injury in Drosophila melanogaster depends on proprioception

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1760-1771

  Isakov, Alexander ^a,b   Buchanan, Sean M ^c   Sullivan, Brian ^b   Ramachandran, Akshitha ^b   Chapman, Joshua K S ^c   Lu, Edward S ^b   Mahadevan, L ^a,b   De Bivort, Benjamin ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaits; Leg injury; Locomotion; Plasticity; Proprioception; Recovery

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GAIT; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MARKOV CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CALIBRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 84983001438     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.133652     Document Type: Article

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