Synchrony between neurons with similar muscle fields in monkey motor cortex

Neuron

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-125

  Jackson, Andrew ^a,b   Gee, Veronica J ^a   Baker, Stuart N ^a,c   Lemon, Roger N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HISTOGRAM; MACACA; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING;

EID: 0037431144     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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