Distinct temporal activity patterns in the rat M1 and red nucleus during skilled versus unskilled limb movement

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 93-107

  Hermer Vazquez, L ^a   Hermer Vazquez, R ^a   Moxon, K A ^b   Kuo, K H ^c   Viau, V ^c   Zhan, Y ^a   Chapin, J K ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Motor cortex; Multi single units; Rats; Reaching; Red nucleus; Temporal coordination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FORELIMB; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ODORS; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RED NUCLEUS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 1642351905     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00226-2     Document Type: Article

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