Optimized results and heatmaps of muscle deformation.

(A) Optimization process by EA. (B) Heatmap of muscle deformation. The vertical axis represents the relative strength of the chemical synapse from EMN to IMN between dorsal and ventral sides. (C) Heatmap of muscle deformation. The vertical axis represents the relative strength of the chemical synapse from IMN to IMN between dorsal and ventral sides. (D) Heatmap of muscle deformation. The vertical axis represents the relative strength of the negative feedback between dorsal and ventral sides. (E) Heatmap of muscle deformation. The vertical axis represents the relative strength of the chemical synapse from IMN to muscle between dorsal and ventral sides. Three types of connections, synapses from excitatory to inhibitory motoneurons, synapses between inhibitory motoneurons, and negative feedback are mock ablated, respectively. Relative strength is calculated by w_d/w_v. w_v is the optimized parameter at ventral side.

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