Encoding of target direction and speed during visual instruction and arm tracking in dorsal premotor and primary motor cortical neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4433-4445

  Johnson, M T V ^a   Coltz, J D ^a   Ebner, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear regression; Macaca mulatta; Primate; Pursuit tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; MACACA; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARM; CUES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033406346     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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