Motor cortex neural correlates of output kinematics and kinetics during isometric-force and arm-reaching tasks

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2353-2378

  Sergio, Lauren E ^a,b   Hamel Pâquet, Catherine ^a   Kalaska, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 24944449407     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00989.2004     Document Type: Article

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