Response patterns and postspike effects of premotor neurons in cervical spinal cord of behaving monkeys

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 531-546

  Fetz, E E ^a   Perlmutter, S I ^a   Maier, M A ^a   Flament, D ^a   Fortier, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent fiber; Premotor neurons; Spike triggered average; Spinal interneurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; MACACA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

EID: 0029745328     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y96-036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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