Neuronal activity of somatosensory cortex in a cross-modal (visuo-haptic) memory task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-555

  Zhou, Yong Di ^a,b   Fuster, Joaquín M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross modal neuronal response; Monkey; Short term memory; Single unit; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TOUCH; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CUES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030800747     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005783     Document Type: Article

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