Neural activity related to reaching and grasping in rostral and caudal regions of rat motor cortex

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-269

  Hyland, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caudal motor area; Primary motor cortex; Rat; Rostral motor area; Single unit; Skilled forelimb reaching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; RATS;

EID: 0031902046     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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