Twitches versus movements: A story of motor cortex

Neuroscientist

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 332-342

  Taylor, Charlotte S R ^a   Gross, Charles G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrier; History of neuroscience; Hitzig; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEUROSCIENCES; PORTRAITS;

EID: 0141788440     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858403257037     Document Type: Review

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