Comparing the function of the corticospinal system in different species: Organizational differences for motor specialization?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-279

  Lemon, Roger N ^a   Griffiths, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative; Corticospinal; Motor control; Non primate; Primate; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HAND; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 24144441717     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20333     Document Type: Review

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