Neuronal activity in the primate motor thalamus during visually triggered and internally generated limb movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 934-945

  Van Donkelaar, P ^a,c   Stein, J F ^a   Passingham, R E ^b   Miall, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032790357     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.2.934     Document Type: Article

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