Preparing for speed. Focus on "Preparatory activity in premotor and motor cortex reflects the speed of the upcoming reach"

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2842-2843

  Cisek, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33751529223     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00857.2006     Document Type: Editorial

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