Invertebrate neurobiology: sensory processing in reverse for backward walking

Sasha N Zill

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.028

Invertebrate neurobiology: sensory processing in reverse for backward walking

Curr Biol. 2007 Jun 19;17(12):R462-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.028.

Author

Sasha N Zill¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25701, USA. Sensillum@aol.com

PMID: 17580076
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.028

Abstract

Humans and many other animals can readily walk forward or backward. In insects, the nervous system changes the effects of sense organs that signal forces on a leg when the direction of walking is reversed.

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Extremities / physiology*
Humans
Infant
Insecta / classification
Insecta / physiology*
Motor Neurons / physiology*
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology*
Walking / physiology*
Weight-Bearing