Correlation between ranges of leg walking angles and passive rest angles among leg types in stick insects

Neuromodulation can be simple: myoinhibitory peptide, contained in dedicated regulatory pathways, is the only neurally-mediated peptide modulator of stick insect leg muscle

(2021) Sander Liessem et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Scaling of inertial delays in terrestrial mammals

(2020) Sayed Naseel Mohamed Thangal et al.   PLoS One

Decentralized control of insect walking: A simple neural network explains a wide range of behavioral and neurophysiological results

(2020) Malte Schilling et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Neurodynamic modeling of the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster

(2020) Clarissa Goldsmith et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Muscle thixotropy: where are we now?

(2019) Martin Lakie et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

A neuromechanical model exploring the role of the common inhibitor motor neuron in insect locomotion

(2019) Mantas Naris et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Six-legged walking in insects: how CPGs, peripheral feedback, and descending signals generate coordinated and adaptive motor rhythms

(2018) Salil S. Bidaye et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Transcriptomic and Neuropeptidomic Analysis of the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus

(2018) Sander Liessem et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Swing Velocity Profiles of Small Limbs Can Arise from Transient Passive Torques of the Antagonist Muscle Alone

(2018) Arndt von Twickel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Static stability predicts the continuum of interleg coordination patterns in Drosophila

(2018) Nicholas S. Szczecinski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Downsizing the molecular spring of the giant protein titin reveals that skeletal muscle titin determines passive stiffness and drives longitudinal hypertrophy

(2018) Ambjorn Brynnel et al.   eLife

Incorporating the length-dependent passive-force generating muscle properties of the extrinsic finger muscles into a wrist and finger biomechanical musculoskeletal model

(2017) Benjamin I. Binder-Markey et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Fiber-type distribution in insect leg muscles parallels similarities and differences in the functional role of insect walking legs

(2017) Elzbieta Godlewska-Hammel et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

A Synthetic Nervous System Controls a Simulated Cockroach

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Development and Training of a Neural Controller for Hind Leg Walking in a Dog Robot

(2017) Alexander Hunt et al.   Frontiers in Neurorobotics

Passive stiffness of hindlimb muscles in anurans with distinct locomotor specializations

(2015) Nicole Danos et al.   ZOOLOGY

The comparative investigation of the stick insect and cockroach models in the study of insect locomotion

(2015) Amir Ayali et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Dynamics of wrist and forearm rotations

(2014) Allan W. Peaden et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Passive Joint Forces Are Tuned to Limb Use in Insects and Drive Movements without Motor Activity

(2013) Jan M. Ache et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

FES Control of Isometric Forces in the Rat Hindlimb Using Many Muscles

(2013) A. M. Jarc et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Energy-related optimal control accounts for gravitational load: comparing shoulder, elbow, and wrist rotations

(2013) Jérémie Gaveau et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

A Neuro-Mechanical Model Explaining the Physiological Role of Fast and Slow Muscle Fibres at Stop and Start of Stepping of an Insect Leg

(2013) Tibor Istvan Toth et al.   PLoS One

Determining all parameters necessary to build Hill-type muscle models from experiments on single muscles

(2012) Marcus Blümel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Hill-type muscle model parameters determined from experiments on single muscles show large animal-to-animal variation

(2012) Marcus Blümel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Using individual-muscle specific instead of across-muscle mean data halves muscle simulation error

(2012) Marcus Blümel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Body size and the neural control of movement

(2012) Scott L. Hooper   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Passive elastic properties of the rat ankle

(2012) Mengnan (Mary) Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Passive resting state and history of antagonist muscle activity shape active extensions in an insect limb

(2012) Jan M. Ache et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

A neuromechanical model for the neuronal basis of curve walking in the stick insect

(2012) S. Knops et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Symmetrical gaits and center of mass mechanics in small-bodied, primitive mammals

(2012) Audrone R. Biknevicius et al.   ZOOLOGY

From neuron to behavior: dynamic equation-based prediction of biological processes in motor control

(2011) Silvia Daun-Gruhn et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Deriving neural network controllers from neuro-biological data: implementation of a single-leg stick insect controller

(2011) Arndt von Twickel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Points of view: Color blindness

(2011) Bang Wong   NATURE METHODS

Direct evidence that stomatogastric (Panulirus interruptus) muscle passive responses are not due to background actomyosin cross-bridges

(2010) Jeffrey B. Thuma et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Activity Patterns and Timing of Muscle Activity in the Forward Walking and Backward Walking Stick Insect Carausius morosus

(2010) Philipp Rosenbaum et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Neural Control of Unloaded Leg Posture and of Leg Swing in Stick Insect, Cockroach, and Mouse Differs from That in Larger Animals

(2009) S. L. Hooper et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Invertebrate muscles: Thin and thick filament structure; molecular basis of contraction and its regulation, catch and asynchronous muscle

(2008) Scott L. Hooper et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

The contribution of passive-elastic mechanisms to lower extremity joint kinetics during human walking

(2007) Ben Whittington et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Motor Control of Aimed Limb Movements in an Insect

(2007) Keri L. Page et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY