Facilitation of neuronal activity in somatosensory and posterior parietal cortex during prehension

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-354

  Gardner, Esther P ^a   Ro, Jin Y ^a   Debowy, Daniel ^a   Ghosh, Soumya ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hand movements; Monkey; Motor control; Parietal cortex; Prehension; Somatosensory system; Touch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND MOVEMENT; JOINT; MONKEY; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032794166     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050803     Document Type: Article

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