Stable ensemble performance with single-neuron variability during reaching movements in primates

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 46, 2005, Pages 10712-10716

  Carmena, Jose M ^a,b,e   Lebedev, Mikhail A ^a,b   Henriquez, Craig S ^b,c   Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a,b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain machine interface; Monkey; Motor cortex; Neuronal ensemble; Reaching; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MACACA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFORMANCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27944477639     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2772-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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