Parallel pathways mediating manual dexterity in the macaque

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-108

  Darian Smith, Ian ^a   Burman, Kathleen ^a   Darian Smith, Corinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal pathways; Manual dexterity; Parallel distributed processing; Primate; Red nucleus; Spinal cord hemisection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; INTERNEURON; MACACA; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RED NUCLEUS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032834320     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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