Early coding of reaching in the parietooccipital cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2374-2391

  Battaglia Mayer, Alexandra ^a   Ferraina, Stefano ^a   Mitsuda, Takashi ^a   Marconi, Barbara ^a   Genovesio, Aldo ^a   Onorati, Paolo ^a   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^b,c   Caminiti, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ist Ric Cura Carattere Sci S   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034045054     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.4.2374     Document Type: Article

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