Neuronal activity in the monkey ventrolateral thalamus following perturbations of voluntary wrist movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 393-407

  Butler, Ernest G ^a,b   Harvey, Michael C ^a   Finkelstein, David I ^a   Horne, Malcolm K ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellar thalamus; Gating; Movement; Thalamic nuclei; VPLc

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HAND MOVEMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBELLUM; MACACA MULATTA; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0031961782     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050293     Document Type: Article

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