Force and the motor cortex

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Ashe, James ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Force; Isometric; Monkey; Motor cortex; Static

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FORCE; ISOMETRICS; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031000746     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00145-3     Document Type: Article

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