Comparison of onset time and magnitude of activity for proximal arm muscles and motor cortical cells before reaching movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1016-1022

  Scott, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MONKEY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031037362     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.2.1016     Document Type: Article

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