Primary motor cortex neuronal discharge during reach-to-grasp: Controlling the hand as a unit

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-236

  Mason, C R ^a   Gomez, J E ^a   Ebner, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; EFFERENT NERVE; HAND; INNERVATION; MACACA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; LINEAR MODELS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ANIMALS;

EID: 0035991772     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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