Reaching movements with similar hand paths but different arm orientations. II. Activity of individual cells in dorsal premotor cortex and parietal area 5

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2413-2426

  Scott, Stephen H ^a   Sergio, Lauren E ^a   Kalaska, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; HAND MOVEMENT; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030666649     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2413     Document Type: Article

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