Electrophysiological study of prefrontal neurones of cats during a motor task

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 434, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-96

  Criado, José María ^a   De La Fuente, Antonio ^a   Heredia, Margarita ^a   Riolobos, Adelaida Sánchez ^a   Yajeya, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cats; Dorsomedial thalamic nucleus; Locomotion; Posterior parietal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Unitary activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030887649     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050367     Document Type: Article

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