Boyle, J.H., Bryden, J. and Cohen, N. (2007) An integrated neuro-mechanical model of C. elegans forward locomotion. In: Neural Information Processing. 14th International Conference, ICONIP 2007, Kitakyushu, Japan, November 13-16, 2007, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. ICONIP 2007, November 13-16, 2007, Kitakyushu, Japan. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (4984). Springer , Berlin / Heidelberg , pp. 37-47. ISBN 978-3-540-69154-9
Abstract
One of the most tractable organisms for the study of nervous systems is the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, whose locomotion in particular has been the subject of a number of models. In this paper we present a first integrated neuro-mechanical model of forward locomotion. We find that a previous neural model is robust to the addition of a body with mechanical properties, and that the integrated model produces oscillations with a more realistic frequency and waveform than the neural model alone. We conclude that the body and environment are likely to be important components of the worm’s locomotion subsystem.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Computing (Leeds) |
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Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2009 19:19 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2016 04:13 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69158-7_5 |
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Series Name: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69158-7_5 |