Representation of reaching and grasping in the monkey postcentral gyrus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 147-150

  Iwamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Michio ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grasping; Monkey; Neuronal activity; Postcentral gyrus; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030599032     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12911-6     Document Type: Article

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