Are complex control signals required for human arm movement?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1409-1424

  Gribble, Paul L ^a   Ostry, David J ^a   Sanguineti, Vittorio ^b   Laboissière, Rafael ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Institut de la Communication Parlee   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; JOINT FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031940653     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.3.1409     Document Type: Article

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