Conversion of sensory signals into motor commands in primary motor cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 499-511

  Salinas, Emilio ^a   Romo, Ranulfo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Categorization; Decoding; Modeling; Primary motor cortex; Primary somatosensory cortex; Sensorimotor transformations; Tactile motion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0031963933     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-01-00499.1998     Document Type: Article

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