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Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesInstitute of Zoology - AG Büschges

Articles (2000-2004)

  • Ekeberg, Ö., Blümel, M. and Büschges, A. (2004) Dynamic Simulation of Insect Walking. Arthropod, Structure and Development 33: 287-300

  • Zill S, Schmitz J, Büschges A. Load sensing and control of posture and locomotion. Arthropod Struct Dev. 2004 Jul;33(3):273-86. PubMed PMID: 18089039.

  • Büschges A, Ludwar BCh, Bucher D, Schmidt J, DiCaprio RA. Synaptic drive contributing to rhythmic activation of motoneurons in the deafferented stick insect walking system. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Apr;19(7):1856-62. PubMed PMID: 15078559.

  • Akay T, Haehn S, Schmitz J, Büschges A. Signals from load sensors underlie interjoint coordination during stepping movements of the stick insect leg. J Neurophysiol. 2004 Jul;92(1):42-51. Epub 2004 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 14999042.

  • Gabriel JP, Scharstein H, Schmidt J, Büschges A. Control of flexor motoneuron activity during single leg walking of the stick insect on an electronically controlled treadwheel. J Neurobiol. 2003 Sep 5;56(3):237-51. PubMed PMID: 12884263.

  • Bässler U, Sauer AE, Büschges A. Vibration signals from the FT joint can induce phase transitions in both directions in motoneuron pools of the stick insect walking system. J Neurobiol. 2003 Aug;56(2):125-38. PubMed PMID: 12838578.

  • Bucher D, Akay T, DiCaprio RA, Buschges A. Interjoint coordination in the stick insect leg-control system: the role of positional signaling. J Neurophysiol. 2003 Mar;89(3):1245-55. PubMed PMID: 12626610.

  • DiCaprio RA, Wolf H, Büschges A. Activity-dependent sensitivity of proprioceptive sensory neurons in the stick insect femoral chordotonal organ. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Nov;88(5):2387-98. PubMed PMID: 12424280.

  • Fischer H, Wolf H, Büschges A. The locust tegula: kinematic parameters and activity pattern during the wing stroke. J Exp Biol. 2002 Jun;205(Pt 11):1531-45. PubMed PMID: 12000799.

  • Knop G, Denzer L, Büschges A. A central pattern-generating network contributes to "reflex-reversal"-like leg motoneuron activity in the locust. J Neurophysiol. 2001 Dec;86(6):3065-8. PubMed PMID: 11731562.

  • Akay T, Bässler U, Gerharz P, Büschges A. The role of sensory signals from the insect coxa-trochanteral joint in controlling motor activity of the femur-tibia joint. J Neurophysiol. 2001 Feb;85(2):594-604. PubMed PMID: 11160496.

  • Schmidt J, Fischer H, Büschges A. Pattern generation for walking and searching movements of a stick insect leg. II. Control of motoneuronal activity. J Neurophysiol. 2001 Jan;85(1):354-61. PubMed PMID: 11152735.

  • Fischer H, Schmidt J, Haas R, Büschges A. Pattern generation for walking and searching movements of a stick insect leg. I. Coordination of motor activity. J Neurophysiol. 2001 Jan;85(1):341-53. PubMed PMID: 11152734.

  • Büschges A, Wikström MA, Grillner S, El Manira A. Roles of high-voltage-activated calcium channel subtypes in a vertebrate spinal locomotor network. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Dec;84(6):2758-66. PubMed PMID: 11110806.

  • Büschges, A., Wickström, M., Grillner, S., El Manira, A. (2000) Roles of calcium channel subtypes in a vertebrate spinal locomotor network. J. Neurophysiol. 84: 2746-2757 

  • Büschges A, Djokaj S, Bässler D, Bässler U, Rathmayer W. Neuromuscular plasticity in the locust after permanent removal of an excitatory motoneuron of the extensor tibiae muscle. J Neurobiol. 2000 Jan;42(1):148-59. PubMed PMID: 10623908.

Reviews and Book Articles (2000-2004)

  • Zill, S.N., Schmitz, J., and Büschges, A. (2004) Leg Sensors and Sensory-motor interactions. Arthropod, Structure and Development 33: 273-286*
  • Büschges, A. (2003) The Complexity of the Ordinary: Neurobiology of Locomotion. D. Grimm (ed.) Jahrbuch des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin. Heenemann, Berlin: 209-226
  • Fouad, K., Fischer, G., Büschges, A. (2002) Comparative Locomotor Systems. In: Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 3: Biological Psychology (M. Gallaghar and R. Nelson), pp. 109-137
  • Büschges, A., Wolf, H., Schmidt, J. (2001) Sensory processing for posture, equilibrium and movement in invertebrate motor systems. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Ref. Ltd.*
  • Büschges, A., Sauer, A.E., Bässler, U. (2000) Flexibility of a proprioceptive feedback system results from its “parliamentary” (distributed) organisation. In: Cruse, H., Dean, J., Ritter H. (eds.): Prerational Intelligence: Adaptive behavior and intelligent systems without symbols and logic; Kluwer Publ. 267-286

*peer reviewed