Mathematical Biology Seminar
  
              
              
Tim Lewis, UC Davis   
              Wednesday, April 26, 2023 
              3:05pm in LCB 225 
Neuromechanical mechanisms of coordinated locomotion in "model" systems 
              
                    
              
               
              
              
              
 
Abstract:  A fundamental challenge in neuroscience is to understand how biologically salient motor behavior, such as locomotion, emerges from the properties of the underlying neural circuits and body mechanics. In this talk, I will show how neuromechanical modeling and coupled-oscillator theory can be used to dissect out the mechanisms underlying (i) limb coordination in the crayfish swimmeret system and (ii) gait adaptation in C. elegans.             
 
  
          
           
        
        
         
        
 
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