Combination of hand and gaze signals during reaching: Activity in parietal area 7m of the monkey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1034-1038

  Ferraina, S ^a   Johnson, P B ^b   Garasto, M R ^a   Battaglia Mayer, A ^a   Ercolani, L ^a   Bianchi, L ^c   Lacquaniti, F ^c,d   Caminiti, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; GAZE; HAND MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0031026568     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.2.1034     Document Type: Article

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