Somatosensory cortical activity in relation to arm posture: Nonuniform spatial tuning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2423-2438

  Helms Tillery, S I ^a   Soechting, J F ^b   Ebner, T J ^c  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; MONKEY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 10244237723     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2423     Document Type: Article

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