Using neuronal latency to determine sensory-motor processing pathways in reaction time tasks

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2974-2986

  DiCarlo, James J ^a,b,c   Maunsell, John H R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 17644379033     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00508.2004     Document Type: Article

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