Neural variability in premotor cortex provides a signature of motor preparation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3697-3712

  Churchland, Mark M ^a,b   Yu, Byron M ^b   Ryu, Stephen I ^a,b   Santhanam, Gopal ^b   Shenoy, Krishna V ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Motor control; Motor planning; Motor preparation; Premotor; Reaction time; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COGNITION; CUES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; VOLITION;

EID: 33645575618     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3762-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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