Preferential representation of instructed target location versus limb trajectory in dorsal premotor area

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1195-1212

  Shen, Liming ^a   Alexander, Garrett E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0030946583     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1195     Document Type: Article

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