A proprioceptive neuromechanical theory of crawling

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1790, 2014, Pages

  Paoletti, P ^a,c   Mahadevan, L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central pattern generators; Crawling; Earthworms; Larvae; Peristalsis

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIODICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; INNERVATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 85003043124     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1092     Document Type: Article

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