Multiple levels of representation of reaching in the parieto-frontal network

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1009-1022

  Battaglia Mayer, Alexandra ^a   Caminiti, Roberto ^a   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^b,c   Zago, Myrka ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DARKNESS; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0141736859     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.10.1009     Document Type: Review

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