Functional properties of primate putamen neurons during the categorization of tactile stimuli

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1132-1154

  Merchant, Hugo ^a   Zainos, Antonio ^a   Hernández, Adrián ^a   Salinas, Emilio ^a   Romo, Ranulfo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; MONKEY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUTAMEN; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0031003623     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1132     Document Type: Article

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