Preshaping and continuous evolution of motor cortical representations during movement preparation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2047-2058

  Bastian, Annette ^a   Schöner, Gregor ^a,b   Riehle, Alexa ^a  

^a CNRS INPC   (France)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic field approach; Monkey; Movement direction; Neuronal representation; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242708658     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02906.x     Document Type: Article

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