Symmetry-breaking bifurcation: A possible mechanism for 2:1 frequency- locking in animal locomotion

DOI10.1007/BF00176458zbMath0757.92011WikidataQ52433233 ScholiaQ52433233MaRDI QIDQ1202553

J. J. Collins, I. N. Stewart

Publication date: 25 February 1993

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

animal locomotion; frequency-locked oscillations; frequency-locking of limb movements; networks of neurons; quadrupedal locomotor central pattern generator; symmetrically coupled nonlinear oscillators; symmetry-breaking Hopf bifurcation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92C20: Neural biology

92C30: Physiology (general)

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