Microstimulation of primate motor thalamus: Somatotopic organization and differential distribution of evoked motor responses among subnuclei

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2486-2495

  Vitek, Jerrold L ^a   Ashe, James ^b   Delong, Mahlon R ^b   Kaneoke, Yoshiki ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0029953229     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.6.2486     Document Type: Article

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