A role for the cerebellum in the control of limb movement velocity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 762-769

  Ebner, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; CAT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; MONKEY; MOSSY FIBER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0031646758     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80119-0     Document Type: Article

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