Dynamical organization of directional tuning in the primate premotor and primary motor cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1136-1142

  Ben Shaul, Yoram ^a   Stark, Eran ^a   Asher, Itay ^a   Drori, Rotem ^a   Nadasdy, Zoltan ^a   Abeles, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; HAND MOVEMENT; MACACA; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0037319245     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00364.2002     Document Type: Article

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