Learning-induced improvement in encoding and decoding of specific movement directions by neurons in the primary motor cortex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Paz, Rony ^a   Vaadia, Eilon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ROTATION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAINING; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MACACA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS;

EID: 19344374216     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020045     Document Type: Article

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