Movement-related neuronal activity reflecting the transformation of coordinates in the ventral premotor cortex of monkeys

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3118-3132

  Kurata, Kiyoshi ^a   Hoshi, Eiji ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0036898490     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00070.2002     Document Type: Article

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