Activity of different classes of neurons of the motor cortex during postural corrections

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 7844-7853

  Beloozerova, Irina N ^b,c   Sirota, Mikhail G ^b,c   Swadlow, Harvey A ^b   Orlovsky, Grigori N ^a   Popova, Lioudmila B ^d   Deliagina, Tatiana G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Efferent neurons; Interneurons; Motor cortex; Posture; Rabbit; Sensory motor integration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TILTING;

EID: 0041819779     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-21-07844.2003     Document Type: Article

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