Synchronization in monkey motor cortex during a precision grip task. II. Effect of oscillatory activity on corticospinal output

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1941-1953

  Baker, Stuart N ^a,b   Pinches, Elizabeth M ^a   Lemon, Roger N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; MONKEY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037389304     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00832.2002     Document Type: Article

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