Eccles' perspective of the forebrain, its role in skilled movements, and the mind-brain problem

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 304-321

  Wiesendanger, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebro cerebellar interactions; CNS neuronal modules; Forebrain; Mind brain issues; Supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENT; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL TASK; MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUTATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES; PROSENCEPHALON; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33744916978     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2006.02.004     Document Type: Review

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