Neuronal Activity in Motor Cortical Areas Reflects the Sequential Context of Movement

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1748-1762

  Ben Shaul, Yoram ^a,b   Drori, Rotem ^a   Asher, Itay ^a   Stark, Eran ^a   Nadasdy, Zoltan ^a   Abeles, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MACACA; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542615165     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00957.2003     Document Type: Article

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