How Insects Activate Muscles to Adapt to Limbs Removed (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

How Insects Activate Muscles to Adapt to Limbs Removed

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Intact cricket walking (top) and walking after both middle leg amputation (bottom). The left panels show the patterns of leg movements. The right panels show muscle activation patterns. After leg amputation, the middle leg muscle activation shifted from anti-phase to in-phase synchronization.

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Dai Owaki and Hitoshi Aonuma

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Dai Owaki and Hitoshi Aonuma

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