Oscillations in the premotor cortex: Single-unit activity from awake, behaving monkeys

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-215

  Lebedev, M A ^a   Wise, S P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Rhythmicity; Sensorimotor cortex; Spike trains; Visually guided movement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FORELIMB; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FOREARM; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; OSCILLOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033967565     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050022     Document Type: Article

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