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Our publications

  1. Cofer, D., G. Cymbalyuk, J. Reid, Y. Zhu, W. Heitler, and D.H. Edwards, AnimatLab: A 3-D graphics environment for neuromechanical simulations. J Neuroscience Methods., 2010. 187(2): p. 280-288.
  2. Cofer, D.W. (2009). Neuromechanical Analysis of the Locust Jump (Ph.D. dissertation). Available from digital archive database. (Article No. 1056)
  3. Cofer, D.W., G. Cymbalyuk, W.J. Heitler, and D.H. Edwards, Neuromechanical simulation of the locust jump. J Exp Biol, 2010. 213: p. 1060-1068.
  4. Cofer, D., G. Cymbalyuk, W.J. Heitler, and D.H. Edwards, Control of tumbling during the locust jump. J Exp Biol, 2010. 213(Pt 19): p. 3378-87.

References

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  2. Carlson NA (1992) Foundations of Physiological Psychology. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Simon & Schuster.
  3. Edwards DH, Heitler WJ, Krasne FB (1999) 50 years of a command neuron: The neurobiology of escape behavior in the crayfish . Trends Neurosci 22: 153-161.
  4. Edwards DH, Heitler WJ, Leise EM, Fricke RA (1991) Postsynaptic modulation of rectifying electrical synaptic inputs to the LG escape command neuron in crayfish. J Neurosci 11: 2117-2129.
  5. Edwards DH, Mulloney B (1987) Synaptic integration in excitatory and inhibitory crayfish motoneurons. J Neurophysiol 57: 1425-1445.
  6. Hawkins D, Bey M (1994) A comprehensive approach for studying muscle-tendon mechanics. J Biomech Eng 116: 51-55.
  7. Herberholz J, Sen MM, Edwards DH (2004) Escape behavior and escape circuit activation in juvenile crayfish during prey-predator interactions. J Exp Biol 207: 1855-1863.
  8. Hines ML, Carnevale NT (2001) NEURON: a tool for neuroscientists. Neuroscientist 7: 123-135.
  9. Krasne FB, Edwards DH (2002) Crayfish escape behavior: lessons learned. In: Crustacean Experimental Systems in Neurobiology (Wiese K, ed), pp 3-22. Berlin: Springer.
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AnimatLab development was supported by National Science Foundation grant #0641326 to Donald H. Edwards.


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