Deciphering the Role of a Coleopteran Steering Muscle via Free Flight Stimulation

• Main Authors: Sato, Hirotaka, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Kolev, Svetoslav, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Zhang, Chao, Massey, Travis L., van Kleef, Joshua, Ikeda, Kazuo, Abbeel, Pieter, Maharbiz, Michel M.
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: biomechanics; Electric Stimulation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81941; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41046
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Testing hypotheses of neuromuscular function during locomotion ideally requires the ability to record cellular responses and to stimulate the cells being investigated to observe downstream behaviors [ 1 ]. The inability to stimulate in free flight has been a long-standing hurdle for insect flight st...