The ventral premotor cortex, corticospinal region C, and the origin of primates

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-524

  Wise, Steven P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Feeding; Motor cortex; Orienting; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTURE; HEAD MOVEMENT; INGESTION; MASTICATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMATE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; PRIMATES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747492047     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70391-5     Document Type: Article

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