Rethinking cortical organization: Moving away from discrete areas arranged in hierarchies

Neuroscientist

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-147

  Graziano, Michael S A ^a   Aflalo, Tyson N ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasping; Motor cortex; Premotor cortex; Reaching; Self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; ARM; BRAIN MAPPING; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34047148744     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858406295918     Document Type: Review

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