Roles of primate spinal interneurons in preparation and execution of voluntary hand movement

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 53-65

  Fetz, E E ^a   Perlmutter, S I ^a   Prut, Y ^a   Seki, K ^a   Votaw, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructed delay; Premotor neurons; Primate; Spike triggered average; Spinal interneurons; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; INTERNEURON; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RED NUCLEUS; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HAND; INTERNEURONS; MOVEMENT; PRIMATES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036824341     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00188-1     Document Type: Review

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