Involvement of Human Thalamic Neurons in Internally and Externally Generated Movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1085-1090

  MacMillan, M L ^a   Dostrovsky, J O ^a,c   Lozano, A M ^b,c   Hutchison, W D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS;

EID: 0842349506     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00835.2003     Document Type: Article

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